Fun with Roman Numerals

[rzemanfl]

LXXXVI XLVII surprising how they come back to you.

[sl8]

1. I only recently learned how to add & subtract Roman numerals without converting them first.

It's possible I learned this in school, but I'm having a hard time remembering that far back.

https://www.smartick.com/blog/mathematics/addition-and-subtraction/roman-numerals-add/

[rzemanfl]

2. I am pretty sure I was not taught to do math with Roman numerals

back in the fifties.

[ret5hd]

4. 950's or 1050's?

[rzemanfl]

7. 450's I think.

I forget who the emperor was. Pretty sure it was CE

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Next up, Miller and McMahon will outlaw Arabic numerals in school and business, pretty much everywhere. . . .nt

[Drum]

5. I had chickenpox while in elementary school, and missed the entire period when my class covered these.

Alas, I have a blind spot with the Roman numerals

[electric_blue68]

6. Took me sec 😄👍

[bif]

8. Pretty subtle!

[rzemanfl]

9. I figured the gestapo computers

would only look for Arabic numbers.