Month: May 2013

Gambling Mathematics: Why Will The Casino Win in the Long Run

High School Mathematics, Math in Real Life

Gambling in a casino and winning once or twice might hook you, but if you play often, there is a very small chance that you would win. Why? Because the games are mathematically designed for the casino to win.

To make it simple, let us use a simple die game for our discussion.  Two dice are rolled. If the sums of the number of dots are 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, the player wins. If the sums are 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, the house (the casino) wins. » Read more

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Large Roman Numerals From 1000 to 499 Million

High School Mathematics, Resources and Freebies

In the previous post, I have presented to you a free Roman numeral converter. In this post, I have prepared  ‘reference numbers’, large numbers that will be helpful in  writing large Roman numerals. See if you can use these numbers to write other large Roman Numerals.

Roman Numeral Clock

Many clock today still use Roman numerals.

Below are some of the large numbers from 1000 to 499 million.   » Read more

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Convert Large Numbers To Roman Numerals

High School Mathematics, Resources and Freebies, Teaching Tools

If you want to convert large numbers to Roman Numerals, try visiting Forbrains. Forbrains has a free Roman Numeral coverter that us capable of coverting  numbers (base 10) up to 500 million.  

Roman Numeral Converter

The tool is very simple to use. Just enter the number you want to convert, and then click the Convert button.

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