400 in Roman Numerals is CD. Any Roman numeral uses only the 7 primary symbols which are I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. Here C represents 100 and D represents 500. The difference between 500 and 100, can give the number 400. According to the subtraction rule of Roman numerals, 400 is represented as CD (100 subtracted from 500). For understanding the rules on Roman Numerals, you can refer to the link Rules to write Roman Numerals. The number 400 is written as CD. The details on how to write 400 is given in the next section of this article.
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Number |
Roman Numeral |
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400 |
CD |
How to Write 400 in Roman Numerals?
To convert 400 in Roman Numerals, we need to represent 400 as the difference of these fundamental symbols. The representation of 400 in terms of 100 will be against the rule of Roman numerals and hence difference is used.
It can be done as 500 – 100 ( 500 = D and 100 = C)
400 = 500 – 100
400 = D – C (Where C = 100 and D = 500).
Therefore
400 = CD
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