\documentclass[twoside]{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\title{pagenumbering}
\author{a helper}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\setcounter{page}{1}
\newpage
\tableofcontents
\pagenumbering{roman}
\clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\foreach \x in {1,...,10} {\blinddocument}
\end{document}