why can’t Roman numerals go beyond 3,999,999

Question

Or is it just non standard to go beyond that large of a number?

In: Mathematics

Answer 1

Because any time the number 4 or 9 is used its represented as 1 place values less than 5, for instance 4 is IV with the I infront indicating the number is 1 less than V(5) or XL meaning X(10) less than L(50) so for 4,000,000 you’d need a number for 5,000,000 which does not exist in traditional numerals. Meaning the largest you can go in the millions place is three million before you either cannot or have to break standard.