V plus VI Equals XI
OR
V Plus IV Equals IX
Remove one stick from the V will give you II = II
ii + vi = viiii = vii = viiii + i + vi = viii
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a tall stick that shows the Romans are coming
Around the 4th century BCE. Its origin is thought to be that of the Etruscan tally stick method of counting, which is itself thought to derive from the much earlier Greek Attic system. It is not known how the system evolved exactly or at what point the system we use today was first conceived, but the system was well-established by the time of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. The Hindu-Arabic numerals that replaced Roman numerals originates from around the 3rd century BCE, itself evolved from much earlier systems. By the 10th century the system had fully-evolved into the familiar base-10 system we use today, but Roman numerals were still in common use up until the 14th century CE and are still used for ordinal enumeration to this day.
Remove one stick from the V will give you II = II
ii + vi = viiii = vii = viiii + i + vi = viii
The symbol X comes from the Greek alphabet (X=chi), circa 9th century BCE. The Etruscan alphabet is a direct descendant of the Greek alphabet and the Roman alphabet descends from the Etruscan. The Roman numerals themselves are thought to derive from an Etruscan tally stick method of counting.
A stick of butter is a quarter pound.
1 stick of Crisco equals 1 cup.
To find how big your stick is.
When primitive man began to settle into farming communities he needed some kind of method to keep a tally of his farming stock and so numerals, which originated from notches on a stick, were invented out of necessity. The Roman numeral system was not invented by the Romans but by the Etruscans who once ruled the Romans.
One stick, plus an additional half stick of butter equals three quarters cup.
Half a stick of butter is equal to one-fourth cup of butter.
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1/2 cup = 1 stick of butter
a tall stick that shows the Romans are coming