Roman numerals are pictographs, each symbol representing a quantity and the relative positions indicating math between them (eg: L is 50 in base 10, X is 10... XL is 10 less than 50 (40), LX is 10 more than 50 (60)) the improvement wasn't just in he 10 Arabic numerals (0,1,2,3,....9) it was that the columns lined up in powers of 10.. The number of 1 's 10`s, 100's.. in effect, each number is a minispreadsheet....
Roman numerals are pictographs, each symbol representing a quantity and the relative positions indicating math between them (eg: L is 50 in base 10, X is 10... XL is 10 less than 50 (40), LX is 10 more than 50 (60)) the improvement wasn't just in he 10 Arabic numerals (0,1,2,3,....9) it was that the columns lined up in powers of 10.. The number of 1
's 10`s, 100's.. in effect, each number is a minispreadsheet....
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