I don't know any other system that could be used to replace it. If you aren't going to use it what would you use? If you have a suggestion let us all know.
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After a little more thought .... look at an example
4379 is a nice compact, easily understood notation.
there are a couple of alternatives
Alternative #1 -- 4000+300+70+9 means the same thing, but it takes more space.
Alternative #2 -- Four thousand three hundred seventy nine, using words, but that is what I say in my mind when I interpret the place value system for 4379.
What I'm trying to say is out of these 3 alternatives the numeral/place value system is nice and compact, easily understood, and easy to work with after you spend a little time to learn it which usually happens in grade (grammar) school.
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Place value is not used in the Roman numeral system.
The Place Value System Originated From The Indus Valley civilization I Think.
Yes and a nought figure is not needed to represent the positional place value of Roman numerals because their positional place values are self evident.
In each place value there are only 10 digits that can be placed, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0. At that point then next place value is used. A different place value system in computers is the based two system. Its number system goes like this 0=0 1=1 10=2 11=3 100=4
It is O because it's not needed in the Roman numeral system for place value purposes as the place value of the numerals are self evident