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mlewis · 05-13-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Turning her attention back to the whole class; "Feel free to continue to work on your calculations for a little bit longer and if you feel up to it, then you may jump ahead to the next piece in writing a paragram," she paused, letting this sink in. Because they honestly didn't think that one word characteristics with NO meaning whatsoever would be considered one, right? "Which would be translating whole sentences into number values. And to do this, you must add together the values from each word to get a final value for that sentence. Again, remember, do not reduce." She reiterated the last bit sternly, once more, because she knew she always emphasized the reduction in any previous calculation they've done for Arithmancy. This was different.

Gavin used the words he had chosen to do the second exercise.

I = 9 = 9

am = 1 + 4 = 5

a = 1

studious = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 29

quiet = 8 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 2 = 27

Ravenclaw = 9 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 5 = 36

who = 5 + 8 + 6 = 19

likes = 3 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 1 = 20

books = 2 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 1 = 17

and = 1 + 5 + 4 = 10

quills = 8 + 3 + 9 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 27

9 + 5 + 1 + 29 + 27 + 36 + 19 + 20 + 17 + 10 + 27 = 200

The sentence wasn't pretty but it conveyed who he was.

05-13-2011, 08:02 PM	#135 (permalink)
mlewis Dugbog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 140 Hogwarts RPG Name: Gavin Johanson First Year	Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Turning her attention back to the whole class; "Feel free to continue to work on your calculations for a little bit longer and if you feel up to it, then you may jump ahead to the next piece in writing a paragram," she paused, letting this sink in. Because they honestly didn't think that one word characteristics with NO meaning whatsoever would be considered one, right? "Which would be translating whole sentences into number values. And to do this, you must add together the values from each word to get a final value for that sentence. Again, remember, do not reduce." She reiterated the last bit sternly, once more, because she knew she always emphasized the reduction in any previous calculation they've done for Arithmancy. This was different. Gavin used the words he had chosen to do the second exercise. I = 9 = 9 am = 1 + 4 = 5 a = 1 studious = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 29 quiet = 8 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 2 = 27 Ravenclaw = 9 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 5 = 36 who = 5 + 8 + 6 = 19 likes = 3 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 1 = 20 books = 2 + 6 + 6 + 2 + 1 = 17 and = 1 + 5 + 4 = 10 quills = 8 + 3 + 9 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 27 9 + 5 + 1 + 29 + 27 + 36 + 19 + 20 + 17 + 10 + 27 = 200 The sentence wasn't pretty but it conveyed who he was.