Are 400 and 45 correct for CD and VL in roman,respectively?

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can VL and CD be roman numerals for 45 and 400 respectively? By the way,I already tried CCCC for 400.

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$400$ would be $CD$ ($500-100$), the same way $4$ is $IV$ ($5-1$)

$45$ is $XLV$ ($(50-10)+5$).

$CCCC$ would probably be understandable (it has been shown that some less educated romans used $VIIII$ for nine instead of $IX$), but it is not the appropriate way to write it.

Roman numbers from 1 to 500

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Yes CD is the Roman numeral for 400 but for 45 it's XLV

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