MT 007.02 / SL 266.01
Ideas in Mathematics: The Grammar of Numbers
Exercise 38: Roman numerals and hexadecimals

Roman numeral exercises

1. Construct an addition and a multiplication table in Roman numerals up to 13+13 and 13*13.
2. Find 5 dates in Roman numerals (either on campus buildings or in Menninger), and translate them into base 10. If you have trouble finding 5 dates, you can substitute for two of the instances two famous historical dates, and convert them from base 10 into Roman numerals.
3. Read the following in Menninger:
   • Pp. 242-246.
   • Pp. 281-294.
   • Pp. 144-145
   • Pp. 42-45
   • Pp. 28 and following.

   Hexadecimal exercises

4. Write out an addition table and a multiplication table for hexadecimal, up to F₁₆+F₁₆ and F₁₆*F₁₆.