6 in Roman Numerals
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6 in Roman numerals is VI. 6 is 5 plus 1, so V is followed by I: VI. All its letters are added: 5 + 1 = 6. In lowercase it is vi, and the number is six. Each of the two letters in VI appears once.
How VI is built
ones6 = 5 + 1 → VI
6 is 5 plus 1, so V is followed by I: VI.
What sets VI apart
- Order matters
- V comes before I here, so I is added. Swap the two and IV means 4: the same letters, read as a subtraction.
- V plus one I
- Coming from 5, V, you only add another I.
- Twice 3
- 6 is twice 3 (III), but writing III twice does not work: IIIIII is not valid. I can appear at most three times in a row.
- Doubled: 12
- Double it and you reach 12 (XII): it is not VI written twice but XII.
Where you see VI
Sport
Super Bowl VI was played on January 16, 1972, in New Orleans, where the Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24–3. Wikipedia The Games of the VI Olympiad (1916) were cancelled because of the World War, but the Olympiad still kept its number. Wikipedia
Kings, queens and popes
George VI was King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. Wikipedia
Films, games, books and software
Return of the Jedi (1983) is Star Wars: Episode VI. Wikipedia
Events and history
WrestleMania VI, held at the SkyDome in Toronto on April 1, 1990, was the first WrestleMania outside the United States. Wikipedia
Systems numbered with VI
Cranial nerve VI is the abducens nerve, which turns the eye outward. Wikipedia
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