there are still a few instances in which Roman numerals are commonly used: on clock faces, to identify lineages -- particularly for royalty and other important figures -- and to denote each ...

The numeral IX is written as X (10) - I (1), which equals 9. While Roman numerals (unsurprisingly) date back to ancient Rome, they are used in many facets of society beyond the Super Bowl, including ...

But many fans likely haven't had to use Roman numerals beyond elementary school. Here's a look at how to understand the numbers for the Super Bowl. The Chiefs and 49ers will face off in Super Bowl ...

Roman numerals, unsurprisingly, date back to ancient Rome, and while they’re no longer commonplace, they do still occur outside of the Super Bowl use case: they sometimes appear on clock faces ... To ...

For 4, the four strokes of IIII balanced the face better than the three strokes ... whirring and chiming mechanical timepieces: The Roman numerals on most clocks are centripetal, that is, they ...

The hands and roman numerals, previously coloured black, have been brightened up during the four-year restoration project. Big Ben's north face is the first of the four famous clock faces to be ...

Kondowe said putting the Roman numeral number five in an upside down position on the clock will disturb many people and may also affect the young generation since this will contradict with that ...

You have to write "four" as "five minus ... For some reason, Roman numerals still creep into our lives in a few ways. We put them on grandfather clocks, probably because they used to be on sundials.

The league began using Roman numerals for the game in 1971 with Super ... Roman numeral above the 12 they might see on a grandfather clock.

They may know what X means, or V and I, but Roman numerals ... up when we were clock shopping," said Eileen Wolter of Summit, N.J. "He couldn't believe they were real numbers.

Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII ... numerals are cut from metal and affixed to the face, using IIII means you'll need twenty I's, four ...