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Roman numerals chart This year's Super Bowl is fairly simple to understand, but some numbers can seem a little complicated at first.

Super Bowl week is back, which means Roman numerals are once again at the forefront of the public consciousness. As one of the only institutions that still uses Roman numerals, the NFL's choice ...

The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each version of the game, which can confuse viewers trying to read the old numerical system.

Decimals to Roman numerals—here we hit all the limitations of Bash shell scripting. My last few articles have given me a chance to relive my undergraduate computer science degree and code a Roman ...

The NFL is dropping its tradition of Roman numbers this year, opting to officially call the game Super Bowl 50.

The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game—the Super Bowl—is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season.

Roman numerals get nine by putting I, which equals 1, before X, which equals 10, to essentially indicated 10-1=9.