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Word: cclxxx (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...appears. Thus, in finding the answer to "What is XXVIII multiplied by XII?", a Roman might have multiplied from left to right the top number by each numeral in the bottom number. Taking X (10) times XXVIII, he would get 20X5, ten Vs and 30 Is, which would become CCLXXX. After adding XXVIII and XXVIII to this, he would get CCLXXXXXXXV-VIIIIII, or CCCXXXVI...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Prodigies | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

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