They didn’t have the year 1987 a thousand years ago.
Comment on Roman numerals could be based on what your hand looks like when you count.
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Did you forget about L/C/M?
If I want to write my birth year, 1987, in roman numerals, I would need to write it like this:
MCMLXXXVII
To clarify:
1000+(-100+1000)+50+10+10+10+5+1+1
Trex202@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
You do understand that the number 1987 could also represent the amount of inventory someone had?
Or have a lot of other uses?
tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
L: Hand in an L shape C: Hand in a C shape M: index, middle, and ring fingers pointed down