Roman Numerals

This week, we have mixed Maths with History and learned about a number system that existed long before the Arabic number system which we use today. Roman Numerals are still used today, such as on clockfaces and on the end credits of TV programmes/films so it is important that we know and can use them. They are not always as easy to use as we think they will be but Year 5 made a great start today and we will be continuing this learning later in the week.

Here are the slides and questions so that you can recap this again or learn from if you could not be at school.

Enjoy!

Click to access Y4-Autumn-Block-1-WO1-Roman-numerals-2019.pdf

6 thoughts on “Roman Numerals

  • 18th November 2020 at 4:42 pm
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    1.
    a. 1-l
    b. 5-v
    c. 10-x
    d. 50-L
    e. 100-c

    2.
    a. 7 is Vll
    b.12 is Xll
    c. 23 is XXll
    d. 55 is LV
    e. 72 is LXXll
    f. 89 is LXXXlX
    g.17 is XVll
    h. 41 is XLl
    i. 27 is XXVll

    3.
    Eva lives at number 24.

    4.
    a. Jack roles a number 7.
    b. Alex could have roled Vl (6) and l (1).

    5.
    a. XXlV is 45 fouty five.
    b. LXXI is 100 one hundred.
    c) LXVIII is 67 sixty seven.
    d) XCVI is 96 ninety six.
    e) XXVIII is 28 twenty eight.
    f) XCI is 140 one hundred an fourty.

    6.
    a. is XXVl
    b. is thirteen and 13.
    c. 70 and LXX.
    d. fourty eight and XLVlll.

    7.
    a) LXI + 1 = 91
    b) LXI + 10 =100
    c) XVII + 10 = 37
    d) LXXV − 1= 74
    e) LIX − 1=59
    f) XIV − 10 = 35
    g)LXXVII + 10

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    • 18th November 2020 at 10:32 pm
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      Well done Brooke. Check a, b, c and f in section 5.

      In section 7, d is correct but check the others.

      You have done well with this as it is not easy to learn a different number system. Remember that the ones number is always written in the same way (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX) as are the tens number (X, XX, XXX, XL, LX, LXX, LXXX, XC). The tens and ones symbols can then just be put together in order to make any two-digit number.

      See if you can spot Roman Numerals on the end credits of a film. They use Roman Numerals to show the year that the film was made.

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  • 18th November 2020 at 7:37 pm
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    I love my Roman numerals it is complicated for others but I like to do it:)

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    • 18th November 2020 at 10:20 pm
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      What tips would you give people to help them learn Roman Numerals?

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  • 19th November 2020 at 5:27 pm
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    I-1
    V-5
    X-10
    L-50
    C-100
    M-500. ?
    I think M is 500 because if u notice it’s 1 5 1 5 1 5. But it goes in tens and ones and hundreds ?????????

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    • 19th November 2020 at 8:49 pm
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      Good suggestion but M is 1,000. 500 is D.

      Would you now be able to write 2020 in Roman Numerals?

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