| Decoration | Interpretation | Final Roman Numeral | Final Value |
| Italics | I=1, and the letters are powers of 10, so V=10, X=100 |
MDCCCLXXI |
1131201 |
| Curly brackets | Reverse the values of MDCLXVI; for example, D and V swap values. |
MMMCCCL |
83 |
| Small caps | Roman numerals without subtraction. All letter values are added regardless of location. |
MMCMLXXXVIII |
3188 |
| Dotted underline | Roman numerals in base 6, so I=1,V=3,X=6,L=18, etc. |
MDXLI |
337 |
| Lowercase | Interpret locations as decimal place values |
DLXII |
5051011 |
| Box | Concatenate each letter value as a string. |
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Computing the result of the equation gives that the answer is the Roman numeral that, when boxed, is equal to 100015050. Boxing a numeral concatenates the values of its letters, so the answer is