1988 in Roman Numerals

1988 in Roman Numerals is MCMLXXXVIII. Any Roman numeral uses only the 7 primary symbols which are I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, Where M represents 1000, C represents 100, L represents 50, X represents 10, V represents 5 and I represents 1. MCMLXXXVIII represents the number 1988 which is obtained by the addition and subtraction rules of Roman Numerals. What are Roman numerals? can be referred for more details. 

How to Write 1988 in Roman Numerals?

To convert 1988 in Roman Numerals, we need to represent 1988 as the sum of the fundamental symbols. 1988 can be broken down as 

1. The number 1000,
2. Difference of 1000 and 100 to get 900
3. Add 50 to thrice of 10 to get 80 
4. Add 5 to thrice of 1.
5. Add all the numbers from previous steps.

Let us understand it with Numerical representation.

1988 = 1000 + 900 + 80 + 8

1988 = 1000 + (1000 – 100) + (50 + 10 + 10 + 10) + (5 + 1 + 1+ 1)

1988 = M + (M – C) + (L + X + X + X) + (V + I + I + I)

1988 = M + (CM) + LXXX + VIII

1988 = MCMLXXXVIII.

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