6 in Roman Numerals is VI. There are seven symbols (alphabets) used in the Roman Numeral system. They are I, V, X , L, C, D and M. They represent the numbers 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 respectively. Since the number 6 is not part of these 7 symbols, we need to use the existing symbols and represent the number 6. For understanding the rules on Roman Numerals, you can refer to the link Rules to write Roman Numerals. The number 6 is written as VI. The details on how to write 6 is given in the next section of this article.
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Number |
Roman Numeral |
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6 |
VI |
How to Write 6 in Roman Numerals?
To convert 6 in Roman Numerals, we need to represent 6 as the sum of these fundamental symbols.
It can be done as 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1, however this is too repetitive and doesn’t follow the rules on Roman numerals.
The simple way to split 6 will be 5 + 1, i,e
6 = 5 + 1
6 = V + I (Where V = 5 and I = I).
Therefore
6 = VI
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