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cannot be repeated more than three times when written to the
right of a larger number. In numerals, these numbers correspond
to 1, 10 and 100.
The numbers IV and IX represent ones. Therefore, when these
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numbers are written after higher value, then, the numbers are
added to the larger number.
Read the numbers in the following table:
Roman numbers Numbers in words Numerals
LV fifty-five 55
LIX fifty-nine 59
LXXXIX eighty-nine 89
LXXII seventy-two 72
XCIX ninety-nine 99
LXIV sixty-four 64
LVIII fifty-eight 58
LXI sixty-one 61
LXXIII seventy-three 73
LXXXV eight-five 85
Example 1
Write the following Roman numbers in words:
(a) LXV (b) LXXVI (c) XCIX (d) LIV
Solution
(a) LXV 60 +5
=
= 65
Therefore, the number LXV is sixty-five.
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