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I remember learning Roman numerals in 1st or 2nd grade and finding them to be a lot easier for basic arithmetic. I mean, all of the examples we used in school
by allencoin 9y ago
I remember learning Roman numerals in 1st or 2nd grade and finding them to be a lot easier for basic arithmetic.
I mean, all of the examples we used in school to learn basic arithmetic had things like "(picture of 4 apples) + (picture of 2 apples) = (picture of 6 apples)". Roman numerals are kind of a pictograph in a way.
- rtpg 9y agobut if you're in first grade then you do IV + II = IVII...?? To each their own, but I'm unsure of the relative ease of roman numerals
- tree_of_item 9y agoOne of the points the article made was that IV wasn't really a thing when the Romans were actually using these numerals.