Question

Write the following in Roman numerals.
4201.

Answer 1

Hint: We can split the given number 4201 as 4000 + 200 + 1. We know that we can write 1000 as M in Roman numerals, so we write 4000 accordingly. Now, we know that 100 can be denoted as C in Roman numerals, so we can represent 200 in that way accordingly and we know 1 is represented as I. So, we can write all these representations of the numbers together and get the Roman numeral for the given number 4201.

Complete step-by-step answer:
It is given in the question that we have to write the number 4201 in Roman numerals. We know that in the Roman numerals different numbers are represented in a specific way. We know that 1000 is represented as M and similarly 100 is represented as C. So, if we look at the number given to us, we can split it in that form. So, if we split the number 4201, we get,
 $ \begin{align}
  & 4201=4\times 1000+2\times 100+1 \\
 & \Rightarrow 4201=1000+1000+1000+1000+100+100+1 \\
\end{align} $
Now, if we substitute each of these 1000 by M, each 100 by C and 1 by I, then we will get the Roman numeral as,
4201 = M (1000) + M (1000) + M (1000) + M (1000) + C (100) + C (100) + 1 (I).
So, we will get the number 4201 as MMMMCCI.
Thus, the Roman numeral representation of the number 4201 is MMMMCCI.

Note: Many students make a mistake in the last step and may write 4000 as 4 M and 200 as 2 C. This is totally incorrect as we cannot use numerical values in Roman numbers. So, the correct form of writing 4201 will be MMMMCCI and not 4M2CI.