How Does Math Antics - Roman Numerals Work?

Math Antics - Roman Numerals is like learning a new way to count using special letters instead of numbers you already know.

Imagine you have a bag of toys and you want to tell your friend how many you have. Instead of saying "I have 10 toys," you could say "X toys." That’s what the Romans did, they used letters like I, V, X, L, C, D, and M to stand for numbers.

• The letter I is like your finger. It means 1.
• The letter V looks like a hand with 5 fingers, so it means 5.
• The letter X is like two hands holding up 10 fingers, that’s 10.

Sometimes you put letters together to make bigger numbers. If you see IX, that's like saying "I come before X," and it means 9 (because 1 is subtracted from 10). It's like having 10 candies, but giving 1 back, so you have 9.

You can use these special letters to count everything from your age to how many cookies are in the jar!