Question

what is 4,000 in roman numerals

MV (the V has to have a bar over it)... now answer my HARD question under Lia =)

But isn't MV 1,005??

Answer 1

I know that this is incredibly late, but 4,000 is written as IV with the bar above both the I and V. To me, it looks like the bars are over the 1/1000 of the starting numeral. So 6,000 is VM with the bar over the V as it's (5),000 + 1,000 for example. But MV with the bar over the V wouldn't work as the bar isn't over the starting numeral, and if the bar was over both, it wouldn't equate to 1/1000 of 4,000, as MV is 1,005 (if that makes sense). I could be totally wrong here, but those are the only reasons I could think of.