L in Roman Numerals

Here we will show you how to convert numeral L to numbers.

First, note that Roman Numerals are divided into places just like numbers: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands and so on, as shown in the table below:

#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

1000s
M
MM
MMM

100s
C
CC
CCC
CD
D
DC
DCC
DCCC
CM

10s
X
XX
XXX
XL
L
LX
LXX
LXXX
XC

1s
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX

For each place, you have to identify that value. Here is L color coded and separated, so you can see the different places and how it is constructed:

L

Use the table above to find the value for each part of L as follows:

0 1000s = 0
0 100s = 0
L = 5
0 1s = 0

Then, simply line up the numbers above in the correct order to get the answer.

Thus, the answer to numeral L converted to a decimal number is:

50

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LI in Roman Numerals
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The table we used to convert L to decimal numbers will work for any Roman Numerals.

To learn how to read Roman Numerals such as L in the future, we recommend that you convert a few more Roman Numerals above and then read our explanations for how we converted them.