What are 26 facts about Roman numerals beginning with each letter of the alphabet in consecutive order?

Answer 1

Arabic numerals replaced Roman numerals in the Middle Ages

Brackets are used to increase the value of numerals

C is the Roman numeral for 100

D is the Roman numeral for 500

Etruscans 1st conceived this form of numeracy and they once ruled the Romans

Fractions were used to a limited extent

Green back dollars have the Roman numerals of MDCCLXXVI on them

Hundred thousand is (C) and once was (((I)))

I is the Roman numeral for 1

Jupiter their god was the reason why the Romans wrote out IIII instead of IV

Kilo means a 1000 which is M as a Roman numeral

L is the Roman numeral for 50

Multiplication is quite possible with Roman numerals

N is the Roman numeral for nought

Octoginta is the Latin word for LXXX

Perplexing is how many of us find Roman numerals to work out today

Quinque is the Latin word for five

Roman numerals are the numerical branch of the Latin language

S is the Roman numeral for a half

Two million is (MM)

Undeviginti is the Latin word for 19 meaning one from twenty

V is the Roman numeral for 5

Weight of CXII lbs is a hundred weight or as cwt

X is the Roman numeral for 10

Yesteryear's calculations of Roman numerals are not the same as today

Zero was never used in the Roman numeral system because it wasn't needed

QED by David Gambell