Super Bowl LIX kicks off on Sunday. What number is that, though? Here's how to use Roman numerals and why the NFL uses them ...

Roman numerals get nine by putting I, which equals 1, before X, which equals 10, to essentially indicated 10-1=9. For comparison, when I appears after X, as in XI, that indicates 10 + 1, which equals ...

It’s the thing that comes up every darn year: the number of the Super Bowl is written in Roman numerals, which is quite the ...

L represents 50, and since the I (one) comes before the X (10), that is an subtraction problem. "The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL ...

Green Bay won, 35-10, their first of four Super Bowl victories in franchise history. The letter "I" represents a single number. However, roman numerals are read left-to-right, meaning a one in ...

For those that may not know, the letters are Roman numerals which tell us which edition of the big game is being played. Here's a quick cheat sheet: "I" means one, "V" means five, "X" means 10 and ...

While the use of a classical numeral system contributes somewhat to the gravitas surrounding each Super Bowl, it's always important to remember exactly why the NFL's championship game uses the Roman ...

When it gets to any number after 19, you use as many Xs to represent every 10. When writing bigger numbers in Roman numerals, you can use these symbols: The idea to use Roman numerals for the ...

A refresher on the Roman numeral system: the symbols I, V, 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 ...