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ezapf | 00:58 Thu 21st Apr 2005 | Science
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What is 3.14 in Roman numerals?
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I could be wrong, but I don't think decimals were around when the romans were.

01:04 Thu 21st Apr 2005
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First recorded use of decimal point circa 1550.

The Romans didn't have 'zero' either.

02:25 Thu 21st Apr 2005
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The probable answer is 'PI' which is 3.14 ......... to infinity
03:27 Thu 21st Apr 2005
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They probably used the same symbol as the Greeks - π
13:42 Thu 21st Apr 2005
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XXII div by VII
15:54 Thu 21st Apr 2005
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Apparently there was a rather crude concept of fractions which were written out:

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.roman.html#calc

09:51 Fri 22nd Apr 2005

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