Roman Numerals

Here's an interesting link for Roman Numerals: http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html

For those of us that need a short reminder (myself in particular) of how to decipher Roman Numerals.

I	1	XI	11
II	2	XII	12
III	3	XIII	13
IV	4	XIV	14
V	5	XV	15
VI	6	XVI	16
VII	7	XVII	17
VIII	8	XVIII	18
IX	9	XIX	19
X	10	XX	20

That was the easy part, now for some of the really fun ones.

XXI	21	IC	99
XXIX	29	C	100
XXX	30	CI	101
XL	40	CC	200
XLVII	48	D	500
IL	49	DC	600
L	50	CM	900
LX	60	M	1000
XC	90	MDCLXVI	1666
XCVIII	98	MCMLXX	1970
		MM	2000

How did we get to 1970
M = 1000
CM = 900
LXX = 70

How about 1863 - MDCCCLXIII
M = 1000
DCCC = 800
LX = 60
III = 3

MMV = 2005

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