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  2. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Roman numerals, in particular, are directly derived from the Etruscan number symbols: ๐Œ  , ๐Œก , ๐Œข , ๐Œฃ , and ๐ŒŸ for 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 (they had more symbols for larger numbers, but it is unknown which symbol represents which number). As in the basic Roman system, the Etruscans wrote the symbols that added to the desired ...

  3. Alphabetic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    Greek numerals in a c. 1100 Byzantine manuscript of Hero of Alexandria's Metrika. The first line contains the number "อตθฯกฯŸฯ› δ´ ฯ›´", i.e. "9996 + 1 ⁄ 4 + 1 ⁄ 6". It features unit fractions and each of the special numeral symbols sampi (ฯก), koppa (ฯŸ), and stigma (ฯ›) in their minuscule forms. Unit fractions were a method to express ...

  4. Number Forms - Wikipedia

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    Number Forms is a Unicode block containing Unicode compatibility characters that have specific meaning as numbers, but are constructed from other characters. They consist primarily of vulgar fractions and Roman numerals .

  5. Romanian numbers - Wikipedia

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    As seen above, ordinal numbers are often written using Roman numerals, especially in this reverse order case. The ending specific to the ordinal numbers (-lea, -a) must be preserved and connected to the Roman numeral with a hyphen. Examples: secolul al XIX-lea "19th century"; clasa a V-a "5th grade";

  6. Latin script - Wikipedia

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    Latin script is the basis for the largest number of alphabets of any writing system [1] and is the most widely adopted writing system in the world. Latin script is used as the standard method of writing the languages of Western and Central Europe, most of sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, as well as many languages in other parts of ...

  7. Quinary - Wikipedia

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    In this section, the numerals are in decimal. For example, "5" means five, and "10" means ten. Chinese Abacus or suanpan. A decimal system with two and five as a sub-bases is called biquinary and is found in Wolof and Khmer. Roman numerals are an early biquinary system. The numbers 1, 5, 10, and 50 are written as I, V, X, and L respectively.

  8. Template:Roman - Wikipedia

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    Number: 1: The number to be converted to Roman numerals. If the parameter passed cannot be interpreted as a numerical value, no output is generated. Example 69105: Number: optional: Message: 2: Message to display for numbers that are too big to be displayed in Roman numerals. (The largest number supported is 4999999.) Default N/A Example Too ...

  9. Numerals in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    Grouped by their numerical property as used in a text, Unicode has four values for Numeric Type. First there is the "not a number" type. Then there are decimal-radix numbers, commonly used in Western style decimals (plain 0–9), there are numbers that are not part of a decimal system such as Roman numbers, and decimal numbers in typographic context, such as encircled numbers.