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  2. Roman numerals - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each with a fixed integer value.

  3. Template:Sort Roman - Wikipedia

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    The template also works with lowercase numerals like ix, xix, xxix. There is no option to sort Roman numerals above 38 (more complicated and maybe never needed). Arabic numerals (normal decimal digits) cannot be mixed with Roman numerals in a sortable column.

  4. Roman numeral analysis - Wikipedia

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    An upper case numeral that is not followed by a symbol is understood as a major chord. The use of Roman numerals enables the rhythm section performers to play the song in any key requested by the bandleader or lead singer. The accompaniment performers translate the Roman numerals to the specific chords that would be used in a given key.

  5. List of numeral system topics - Wikipedia

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    Maya numerals – System used by the ancient Mayan civilization to represent numbers and dates; Prehistoric numerals – Numeral form used for counting; Roman numeralsNumbers in the Roman numeral system; Welsh numerals – Counting system of the Figurelandic Welsh language

  6. Alphabetic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    An alphabetic numeral system employs the letters of a script in the specific order of the alphabet in order to express numerals. In Greek, letters are assigned to respective numbers in the following sets: 1 through 9, 10 through 90, 100 through 900, and so on. Decimal places are represented by a single symbol.

  7. Numeral system - Wikipedia

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    The number the numeral represents is called its value. Not all number systems can represent the same set of numbers; for example, Roman numerals cannot represent the number zero. Ideally, a numeral system will: Represent a useful set of numbers (e.g. all integers, or rational numbers)

  8. List of mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The order of flats is B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, and F♭ (reverse order of sharps), which can be remembered using the phrase: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father; Blanket Exploded And Dad Got Cold Feet. [46] Before Eating A Doughnut Get Coffee First. To remember the difference between the whole rest and the half rest:

  9. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    "A base is a natural number B whose powers (B multiplied by itself some number of times) are specially designated within a numerical system." [1]: 38 The term is not equivalent to radix, as it applies to all numerical notation systems (not just positional ones with a radix) and most systems of spoken numbers. [1]