How would you add up 1444 and 555 in Roman numerals?

Answer 1

With great difficulty because 1444 in Roman numerals in today's terms are MCDXLIV and to add them to DLV (555) is an almost impossible task.

But the Romans probably calculated the above numbers on a abacus calculating board as:-

MCCCCXXXXIIII + DLV = MDCCCCLXXXXVIIII = IMM (-1+2000=1999) when simplified.

The rules governing today's Roman numeral system were not the same rules in which the Romans themselves actually used because they were changed in the Middle Ages presumably to make it easier to convert Roman numerals into Hindu-Arabic numerals that were gradually being introduced into Western Europe.

Answer 2

You cannot directly add Roman numerals together. Roman numerals are a positional numeral system where the value of a numeral depends on its position relative to other numerals. To add 1444 (MCDXLIV) and 555 (DLV) in Roman numerals, you need to convert them to decimal numbers, add them together, and then convert the result back to Roman numerals. The sum of 1444 and 555 is 1999, which is expressed as MCMXCIX in Roman numerals.