In ancient Rome, tally marks were used one at a time to represent numbers. It wasn't until later that numbers were instituted to represent numbers to make large numbers shorter.
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The history of Roman numerals dates back to 1st millennium BC when they were used as to record numbers in stone, art and coins.
89.5 in Roman numerals is LXXXVIIIIS which can be simplified to SXC (100-10.5) Source of information: 'History of Mathematics' by David Eugene Smith.
Roman numerals were inspired by Etruscan numerals of which Roman numerals originated from.
Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.Eleven in Roman numerals is XI.
113 = CXIII in Roman numerals