742 in Roman Numerals
742
DCCX (subtracted)LII
seven hundred forty-two
How DCCXLII is formed
| Place | Value | Symbols |
|---|---|---|
| Hundreds | 700 | DCC |
| Tens | 40 | X (subtracted)L |
| Units | 2 | II |
| Total | 742 | DCCXLII |
DCCXLII is written one place at a time, from the largest to the smallest: DCC (700) + XL (40) + II (2) = 742.
XL is the only subtraction: the X before the L takes away 10, so XL = 40.
Common mistakes
Wrong: DCCXXXXII
Why isn't 742 written as DCCXXXXII?
A symbol can't be repeated four times in a row. 40 is XL (50 − 10), not XXXX, so 742 is DCCXLII.
Numbers near 742
Properties of 742
- Prime factors
- 2 × 7 × 53
- Divisors
- 1, 2, 7, 14, 53, 106, 371, 742
- Even or odd
- Even
- Prime number
- No
- Letters in DCCXLII
- 7
742,000 in Roman numerals
With a bar over it (vinculum), D̅C̅C̅X̅L̅I̅I̅ means 742 × 1,000 = 742,000. How Roman numerals work