You're probably not alone, as the Roman numeral system is taught ... system (also known as Arabic or Hindu-Arabic numerals), ...

Roman numerals are a numeral system which was used in Ancient Rome. It uses letters instead of numbers to represent values. You may have seen Roman numerals on clocks and on TV or film credits.

In this case, Super Bowl LIX looks like 50 + 1 + 10, but it’s not. It’s L (50) and IX is 10 – 1. So it’s Super Bowl 59.

The use of Roman Numerals began with the fifth edition ... X, and L stand for 1, 5, 10, and 50 respectively. If I appears after a symbol, it is added to the larger symbol. If it comes before ...