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Why Romans use 'X' to represent Ten?
It is used by Romans, because they use Roman numerals. In Roman Numerals, x represents ten (10)
Who inveted Roman Numerals?
It was the Etruscans, who once ruled the Romans, that invented Roman numerals. The Romans then began to use the Etruscan numeral system with some modifications
Why did the Romans use Roman numerals?
Roman numerals were the symbols developed by the Ancient Romans for counting and other numbering activities. The Romans used them because they developed them and that was what they knew. What do you use numbers for? They used them for the exact same things, instead of the kind of numbers we use, which are known as Arabic numerals.
What is 0 in roman numerals?
The Romans did not have the concept of zero-- there is no Roman numeral for zero. This lack made it virtually impossible to do arithmetic with Roman numerals and that is why we use Arabic numerals nowadays.
How far back do Roman numerals go?
Well over 2000 years. However the Roman Numerals we use today are not the Roman Numerals that the Romans used.As the Romans used them there was no ordering: IV & VI were both six, four could only be written as IIII, etc.It was monks in the middle ages that introduced modern Roman Numerals as a shorthand form.
