Roman numerals.

How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

"note.boy" wrote:

How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

I learned from a movie that the concept of zero originated
with the Mayan Indians of the Yucatan Peninsula. Can anyone
name the movie? :-) (No prize if you are right. No punishment
if you're wrong.)
Aram.

note.boy wrote:
How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

I don't think I've ever heard that question before. It's a good one!

A little time spent with Google shows that the Romans apparently didn't use
a zero when referring to "nothing."

Larry

note.boy wrote:

How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

I minus I

:-)

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note.boy wrote:

How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-)

You don't g.

If we write a number (one used for calculations), the digit on the right
end represents the "ones", the next one is the "tens", then the
"hundreds", etc. A number like 372 is three "hundreds", seven "tens"
and two "ones". In such a system you need the zero; Roman numerals do
not require it.

In case you want to give somebody your phone or account number in Roman
numerals ... just insert an extra wide space :-)

Christian

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How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

X-X maybe :-)

http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html

http://www.mathsyear2000.org/explore...romanNbs.shtml

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"note.boy" wrote in message ...
How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

Let's see...to get a four you put an "I" to the left of "V". To get a
nine you put an "I" to the left of "X". This denotes one less than
five and ten respectively. Logically then to get a zero you would
want to put an "I" to the left of "I" to note one less than one. That
means that zero is written "II".

Oh, wait....

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note.boy wrote:

How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy

I minus I

:-)


Bingo.

One candy company celebrated the millennium by putting the year on each piece
they sold...but they abandoned it the next year when sales failed to increase.

....at least that's what I heard...

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In article , (Christian
Feldhaus) writes:

If we write a number (one used for calculations), the digit on the right
end represents the "ones", the next one is the "tens", then the
"hundreds", etc. A number like 372 is three "hundreds", seven "tens"
and two "ones". In such a system you need the zero; Roman numerals do
not require it.

In case you want to give somebody your phone or account number in Roman
numerals ... just insert an extra wide space :-)

Christian

Takes the magic out of all those James Bond movies...where he played "VII"

But think of the confusion trying to tell someone how to dial the
Operator...(push "X", no, not 1-0, just "X"

No, NO NO! Not "9" key...I said to push "X"...

And would dirty movies be rated "101010"?

I sense another silly thread coming on...

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How do you write zero in Roman numerals? :-) Billy



nihilum

Ok so it isn't a Roman Numeral
Closest I could come to it.


Dale