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    How did Romans determine VI% of MMCXVII?

    Question #54588. Asked by SAURON42. (Jan 30 05 2:06 AM)


    gmackematix

    		The Romans may not have had a place system in their written numerals but they did in their abacus.
    They didn't really deal in percentages so probably wouldn't have done the calculation you suggest but here is how they calculated in general:
    http://www.pims.math.ca/~hoek/opinions/Romans/

    Jan 30 05, 9:25 PM

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