pcolli, Farside99…. actually, “IVC” would be 100 minus 4, so 96, not 94….and yeah, that could be written IVC or LXXXXVI.The only absolute rule was to make the arithmetic work, so variations were found.
But the usual convention was XCVI. Tens are subtracted from large numbers, but ones are only subtracted from tens and fives, and fives not subtracted at all.
ergo, 95 is XCV, not VC, and 99 is XCIX, not IC.999 is not IM but CMXCIX.Fun, huh?
hablochileno about 8 years ago
Cs earn degrees!
comic4matt about 8 years ago
I wonder if at least a 100 people will get the joke?
pcolli about 8 years ago
Don’t you mean LXXXXIV?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 8 years ago
Carpe diem….C’s the day!
pcolli, Farside99…. actually, “IVC” would be 100 minus 4, so 96, not 94….and yeah, that could be written IVC or LXXXXVI.The only absolute rule was to make the arithmetic work, so variations were found.
But the usual convention was XCVI. Tens are subtracted from large numbers, but ones are only subtracted from tens and fives, and fives not subtracted at all.
ergo, 95 is XCV, not VC, and 99 is XCIX, not IC.999 is not IM but CMXCIX.Fun, huh?
J Short about 8 years ago
Toga Toga Toga….
Suny about 8 years ago
I C
jreckard about 8 years ago
The kid is cheating. I saw some of his math tests – he had X’s all over the place.
Digital Frog about 8 years ago
He’ll get to be a senator and the other 1100 in his school will get MCjobs.
mr_sherman Premium Member about 8 years ago
It’s still called Super bowl 50 because nobody likes a "L"oser.
Helen Ferrieux about 8 years ago
By the time you’ve dialled CMXCIX it’s probably too late.
CougarAllen about 8 years ago
Subtractive numerals are a medieval invention – using IV instead of IIII, IX instead of VIIII, etc. The Romans didn’t use them.
gammaguy about 8 years ago
Since they’re in Rome, that must be a Tyrrhenian C.
comic4matt about 8 years ago
To think I just realized that this report card should’ve been a stone slab…
The Creative Username about 7 years ago
It took a minute but I get the joke