Discovering Roman Numerals
Learning the roman numerals can be lots of fun with hands-on games, activities and projects. Hop on your chariot and let's discover the roman numerals....
Roman Numeral Contents
- Roman Numerals
- Going on a Scavenger Hunt for Roman Numerals
- Scavenger Hunt for Roman Numerals
- How to Make a Sundial
- Cooking Up some Roman Numerals
- Roman Numerals are used in Music theory
- Games for Learning Roman Numerals
- Keeping Track of the Harvest
- Online Games to Practice Roman Numerals
- Roman Numerals made from Sticks
- Roman Numeral Art
- Roman Numerals Helper
- Look Who's Chatting about Roman Numerals
- More Math Lenses
- Let's Chat about Roman Numerals
- About the Author of this Roman Numerals Lens
Roman Numerals
I 1
V 5
X 10
L 50
C 100
D 500
M 1,000
i 1,000
v 5,000
x 10,000
l 50,000
c 100,000
d 500,000
m 1,000,000
Here are some of the very best picture books for introducing the Roman Numerals.
As I was writing this lens my 12 year old sat down and started reading Roman Numerals I to MM. At first she was concentrating on the pigs and then started noticing the roman numerals. She knew the ones up to X but surprisingly not the higher ones.
As we snuggled next to eachother we laughed at the antics of the pigs, discussed the roman numerals and how the system works and by the end of the book she understood the all and was happily off on a roman numeral scavenger hunt.
For visual learners, picture books are ideal for teaching any age. When a child is ready to learn a subject, the learning comes quickly and easily. The hard part for the adult is to wait,
Roman Numerals I to MM: Liber De Difficillimo Computando Numerum
A great lesson in Roman numerals
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 01/05/2010) 
Fun With Roman Numerals
Easy hands-on approach to learning roman numerals.
Amazon Price: $12.71 (as of 01/05/2010)
Roman Numerals (Young Math Books)
Explains the Roman numeral system,.
David A. Adler is a former math teacher and beloved author.
Amazon Price: (as of 01/05/2010)
Going on a Scavenger Hunt for Roman Numerals
Clock with Roman Numerals in London
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Get out your digital camera and go on a scavenger hunt for roman numerals.
1.Look at the clocks on the tops of public buildings.
2. Look for plaques showing the dates that bridges were built.
3. Look for copyright dates for when books were written.
Roman Numerals are all around if you know where to look.
330/365 A good holid...
WW1 Memorial
MDCCCXVII MCMXXX
Roman numeral dice
Cog clock
Scavenger Hunt for Roman Numerals
Where have you found Roman Numerals?
Photo Credit: Roman Numeral Dice
on Flickr, Creative Commons.
How to Make a Sundial
Sundials often have Roman Numerals
Use roman numerals to label the hours in the day.
- Make a sundial
- With the sun shining it's the perfect time to make a sun dial.
Follow our easy instructions and find out what life was like before we had watches and clocks!
Cooking Up some Roman Numerals
- French Clock Chicken Salad
- The Roman numerals are slivers of green pepper set upon hardboiled egg halves. The peas in the center represent the jewels; found in a French clock. Set it at the hour at which you intend to serve the salad.; That smooth topping? Stiff mayonnaise!
- French Clock Chicken Salad Recipe
- Use small thin slivers of green peppers to put the hours from 1 to 12 in Roman numerals, one on the yolk of each half egg.
Roman Numerals are used in Music theory
- Music Theory: Roman Numeral Chord Notation
- Major chord: I, II, III, etc.
Minor chord: i, ii, iii, etc.
Games for Learning Roman Numerals
Turn most any board game into a chance to practice roman numerals with these Roman Numeral Dice.
16mm d6 Opaque Dice, Roman Numerals I thru VI, White/Black
Amazon Price: $0.85 (as of 01/05/2010)
Keeping Track of the Harvest
Writing Roman Numerals
Romans used numerals to keep track of items, dates and other information. You can pretend to be a person from the ancient Roman Empire keeping tract of the amounts of food harvested in your village. Make a list of the vegetables that you would like to harvest. Use 4 dice to make a 4 digit number that represents the number of each kind of vegetable harvested. Write those numbers in roman numerals.
Online Games to Practice Roman Numerals
- Roman Matching Game
- Drag the Roman numerals to the corresponding Arabic numerals.
- Quia - Easy Roman Numerals
- Translate Roman Numerals into English. (Covers I, V, and X)
Roman Numerals made from Sticks
The second is using roman numerals to comprehend brain function or simply to work a puzzle visually.
Roman Numerals help us all to enjoy the fun of mathematics.
- Gnome Math Number Pouches with Roman Numerals
A homeschooling family uses Waldorf inspired number pouches to learn numbers to 12.- Developing Intelligence : When Brain Damage Helps:
Can you move a single matchstick to form a valid mathematical statement equation? No sticks can be discarded, an isolated slanted stick cannot be interpreted as I (one), and a V (five) symbol must always be composed of two slanted...
Roman Numeral Art
Make Roman Numeral Mosaics
Roman Numeral Painted Cobblestones Photographic Print
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For those children who like working with their hands, the ones who are artistic or those who like to build, set out small square tiles and let them write Roman Numerals in a Mosaic Form. Use a digital camera to take pictures of the results and then use those pictures to write books, play games or to label projects.
1x1 Multi Brown Gold Onyx Polished Designer Mosaics Tiles Meshed on 12x12 sheets - FREE SHIPPING
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Black 1 X 2 Tumbled Marble Brick Mosaic Tile
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Roman Numerals Helper
How do you read and write Roman Numerals?
When you have a question about Roman Numerals Mary T has the answers. She is a professor in New York and has written this blog to help with those niggling problems when one just needs to write a roman numeral and can't quite figure out the correct way.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byLook Who's Chatting about Roman Numerals
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- Damien_Diaz
- Yo mama so old her birth certificate is in Roman numerals.
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- boreandesign
- MMMMDCCLV x XX / C = CMLI (4755 x 20/100=951) imagine VAT calculation without arabic numerals. Or Bill Gates writing his DOS in Roman digits
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- MOVEZTHAKING
- @itzrubiebitchez and use Roman numerals to count
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- tldavidson
- RT @HoldemTalkRadio: #ff rt @kirste That rocks! RT @girlunderatree: My preferred expression of 2010: Roman Numerals – MMX
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- LaMaBean
- RT @christelSObad My next tat gon be goin down my sideee . My mommas birthdate but the roman numerals .. <= sounds good but be more creative
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Let's Chat about Roman Numerals
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- OhMe OhMe Jan 2, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
- I have always enjoyed using Roman Numerals. I just think they are pretty and so is this lens.
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- eclecticeducation eclecticeducation Jan 1, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
- I can do Roman numerals up to about 20, then I start messing up! Great lens!
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- TheGreenerMe TheGreenerMe Dec 22, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
- Roman numerals definitely look more distinguished than traditional numerals. I suppose that's why they use them in movies still at the credit roll? This is very helpful and interesting!
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Nov 19, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
- Excellent as always. Squid Angel Blessings to you
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Nov 19, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
- Thank you, SquidAngel.
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