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What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?

Last Updated: 20.06.2025 10:49

What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?

Given the use of upper case, I personally would initially assume Roman numerals*, so the answer would be C (100 in present-day decimal notation)

What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?

11010X

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It’s a matter of interpretation.

However, X +X^2 +X^3 + X^4 is a valid algebraic answer,

*Note that the abbreviation XL (for XXXX) appeared quite late in the Roman period, and never found universal favour

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and for binary would be

1234X

as would be assuming that these are representations of conventional numbers, in which case the answer for number bases of five or more would be

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