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MCMLXXIV

To add to the above, 1974 in Roman Numerals is written MCMLXXIV.

M is 1000, CM is 1000 - 100 = 900, LXX is 50 + 10 + 10 = 70, IV is 5 - 1 = 4.

So one thousand nine hundred seventy four.

It is a bit kinky but learnable. Basically, little number before big number is subtracted. Little number after big number is added. Oversimplified, but you need to learn the basic numbers (letters) 1,2,3,5,10,50,100,1000 - I,II,III,V,X,L,C,M. The other numbers are made from these by either subtracting or adding.

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