1. The Romans used the letters for numbers

2. I

3. lI

4. Ill

5. IV

6. V

7. Vl

8. Vll

9. Vlll

10. lX

11. X

12. Xl

13. Xll

14. C

15. The Romans used the letter M for 1000

16. M

17. And they had a real problem writing BIG Numbers

18. Let’s write 10 000 The Roman Way

19. M

20. MM

21. MMM

22. MMMM

23. MMMMM

24. MMMMMM

25. MMMMMMM

26. MMMMMMMM

27. MMMMMMMMM

28. MMMMMMMMMM

30. They had to write M 10 times

31. Now let’s write 100 000 the Roman Way

32. MMMMMMMMMM

33. MMMMMMMMMM

34. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

35. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

36. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

37. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

38. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

39. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

40. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

41. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

42. Now let’s write 1 000 000 the Roman Way

43. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM

55. So when the Romans wanted to write a million they had to write the letter M a thousand times

56. Can you guess how the Romans wrote the year 2012

57. MMXIl