Quick Practice Key Stage 2- Roman Numerals

Learning objectives

Year 3: Measurement

Pupils should be taught to:• Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII...

Year 4: Number - Number and place value

Pupils should be taught to:• Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time the number system changed to include the concept of zero and place value.

Year 5: Number - Number and place value

Pupils should be taught to:• Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.

Year 3 and 4 - Activity 1

Remember: Use the shorthand method whenever you can cut down on letters. For example: IV = 4, IX = 9, XL = 40 and XC = 90.

1. Change these Roman numerals into our number system.

Roman Numeral Number Roman Numeral Number

VIII LXXIVXV XCII

XXIX CVXXXVII CXXI

XLI CXLIII

2. Change these numbers into Roman numerals.

Number Roman Numeral Number Roman Numeral13 7121 8839 9548 11255 135

3. Work out these calculations. Answers should be given in Roman numerals.

a. IX + XXIV = ...................

b. XXXIII - XV = ...................

c. XCI - XLII = ...................

d. LXXIII + XLIX = ...................

4. What important number digit is missing from the Roman system?

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5. Why do you think this is needed in the number system we use now?

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e. XIII x VII = ...................

f. LVI x III = ...................

g. LXV ÷ IX = ...................

h. LXXX ÷ X = ...................

1. Change the page numbers in these books to Roman numerals.

2. Change the titles of these Kings and Queens into Roman numerals. For example: Leo the fifth = Leo V

Charles the Ninth = ............................................................................................................

Louis the Sixteenth = .........................................................................................................

William the Eleventh = ......................................................................................................

Catherine the Twelfth = ...................................................................................................

Paul the Twentieth = .........................................................................................................

John the Twenty-Third = ...................................................................................................

19 20 36 37 49 50

63 64 69 70 102 103

Year 3 and 4 - Activity 2

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Year 3 and 4 - Activity 3

In the table below, write the distances from the milestones in Roman numerals.

50Chester

27 km 50Bath 42 km 50York

109 km 50Exeter 78 km

City Distance in Roman numerals

Chester

Bath

York

Exeter

Leeds

Oxford

London

Hull

50Leeds57 km 50Oxford

33 km 50London65 km 50Hull

122 km

Year 3 and 4 - Activity 4

Exeter 78 km

What times are shown on the following clock faces?

The time is .............................

The time is .............................

The time is .............................

The time is .............................

The time is .............................

The time is .............................

Hull 122 km

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Year 5 - Activity 1

Remember: The Roman letter M (mille) stands for one thousand and not one million.

1. Change these Roman numerals into our number system.

Roman numeral

XLII XCVIII CCXXI CCCCLVI DXXVIII DCCCLVI MCCXVII

Number

2. Change these numbers into Roman numerals.

Number 71 87 93 125 258 764 1541

Roman numeral

3. Solve these word problems. Answer in Roman numerals.

a. Domus owns XXVIII rooms. If he decides to rent out XVI of them, how many rooms does he have left?

b. Marcellus buys IX togas, XXI bed sheets, VII belts and XLIII candles at the market. How many items has he bought altogether?

c. There are XVI fights at the amphitheatre one afternoon, all involving IV gladiators in each. How many gladiators took part in total?

Year 5 - Activity 2

What are the dates shown on the pillars of these buildings?

Date ............................

MCMXIV

Date ............................

MCMLXXIII

Date ............................

MCMXXXIX

Date ............................

MMV

Date ............................

MMXVI

Year 5 - Activity 3

1. Write out the birth dates of these people using Roman numerals. For example: Rose: 21st of March, 1960 = XXI-III-MCMLX.

a. Ben: 3rd of April 1993 = ................................................................................................

b. John: 17th of February 1947 = ....................................................................................

c. Sanjay: 15th of January 1964 = ..................................................................................

d. Sarah: 10th of December 1924 = ...............................................................................

e. Ayesha: 9th of June 2003 = .........................................................................................

2. Complete these sequences of Roman numerals for another three terms.

a. II VI X XIV ...... ...... ......

b. XXXV XXX XXV XX ...... ...... ......

c. XX XXVII XXXIV XLI ...... ...... ......

d. VIII XVI XXXII LXIV ...... ...... ......

Year 5 - Activity 4

Show the times on the clock faces by drawing on the hands yourself.

10 minutes to five

20 minutes to three

15 minutes past eleven

25 minutes past nine

5 minutes to seven

10 minutes past six

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