Exactly what the question says....How did they respresent them?How did the ancient greeks represent numbers greater than or equal to 1000?
Well, Here are some examples:
1,000 = M
2,000 = MM
3,000 = MMM
4,000 = IV with a straight line over it
5,000 = V with a straight line over it
6,000 = VI with a straight line over it
The bar means to multiply the number by 1000
You write the number of thousands you want and put a straight line (bar) over it after 3,000
I hope this is helpful for you
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DRHow did the ancient greeks represent numbers greater than or equal to 1000?
1000 = M
2000 = MM
2351 = MMCCCLI
...But there are no more letters after M.
For larger numbers, they write a horizontal line over the letter, which means ';multiply by 1000';. See the link below.
Very large numbers like, say, 10,000,000 would get very awkward to write. However, this would not have been a problem for the Romans as they only used numbers for simple counting problems - and it's not exactly very often you need to count that high.
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isnt that romn numerals dummy
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DeleteIt's Roman not romn
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