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Jason Potter Weasley · 06-24-2011, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Walking by the young Slytherin's desk again, she glanced over at her parchment. "Yes, much better dear."

Pausing at the seventh year's desk, Fina was about to say good job, when she noticed something that wasn't really major. "It doesn't really appear to make a difference in this case, but the formula for the fourth challenge number is actually year of birth minus month of birth." And you know, he wrote it backwards and all.

"Good job, Miss Greenwell," Fina said beaming at the fifth year's work. Oh yes, she fully expected excellent marks from Vashti Greenwell on her Arithmancy OWL this term.

Hm... well Penny had been off to a good start; of course the girl was only a first year, so Fina should have expected something to trip her up. Like the challenges. "Good, sort of. Except for your second and fourth challenge numbers, you'll want to further reduce your birth year down to a 2 before you subtract either your day or month of birth." Which meant her third challenge was wrong too, but surely the girl would pick up on that. Maybe?

"Good, except it's always a good idea to write out what the formula is for each calculation before the actual calculation. Showing as much work as possible helps to eliminate errors, or at least be able to identify an error easily when it crops up," Fina suggested to the first year. "Basically showing work is always good when you're learning."

"Better, yes," Josephina said, as she passed by the Lioness' desk again. "Except though it doesn't appear to make a difference in this case, make sure you know that the formula for the fourth challenge number is actually year of birth minus month of birth" You know, just in case the question cropped up on exam or something.

Another young first year. Passing over his work, she frowned... "My dear boy, before you perform the subtraction operation, you'll want to always make sure you reduce the components to a single digit." She paused, looking at his first challenge number again. "So take your first challenge number, day of birth minus month of birth. 23 - 11; but 23 is 2 plus 3, so that reduces to 5. And the 11 is one plus one, which is two. So you'll end up with 5 - 2 for your first challenge number, which is 3." Always reduce. Didn't she drill that in enough to them? "Try your next three challenge numbers again."

Was it her or were there a lot of Gryffindors and Ravenclaws in her class? Passing by yet another Lioness, she glanced over the young second year's work and shook her head. "Good except that I think you've made a minor calculation error on your third challenge number." Yea, she totally wasn't sure where the girl got the one and the three.... Hm. Apparating numbers, perhaps?

Wiliam raised his hand. " I am really confused by the numbers" William said to the professor.
First Challenge Number Day of Birth minus month of birth 23- 11 ( 2+3) =5 and the 11 ( 1+1) =2.
Second Challenge Number
2063 ( 2 + 0+ 6+ 3)= !1 (1+ 1)=2 then minus 23( 2 + 3)= 2- 5=(-3) or professor is it 5-2=3?
Thrird Challenge Number
11 ( 1 + 1)=2 ( 2-5) = ( -3) (-- 3 + 5) = 2
Fourth Challenge Number
11- 12 which means 1+1=2 - 12 which is 1+2= 3 Now you subtract 2- 3 which equals( -1) or is it (1) William asked the professor.

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Jason Potter Weasley Suspended Abraxan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Now LaQuidditch Posts: 25,239 Hogwarts RPG Name: William Montcenaggio, AKA Starr Second Year	Dancing is cool! \| Passionate Lion \| Keeps Harry's Helium Balloon♥ Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Walking by the young Slytherin's desk again, she glanced over at her parchment. "Yes, much better dear." Pausing at the seventh year's desk, Fina was about to say good job, when she noticed something that wasn't really major. "It doesn't really appear to make a difference in this case, but the formula for the fourth challenge number is actually year of birth minus month of birth." And you know, he wrote it backwards and all. "Good job, Miss Greenwell," Fina said beaming at the fifth year's work. Oh yes, she fully expected excellent marks from Vashti Greenwell on her Arithmancy OWL this term. Hm... well Penny had been off to a good start; of course the girl was only a first year, so Fina should have expected something to trip her up. Like the challenges. "Good, sort of. Except for your second and fourth challenge numbers, you'll want to further reduce your birth year down to a 2 before you subtract either your day or month of birth." Which meant her third challenge was wrong too, but surely the girl would pick up on that. Maybe? "Good, except it's always a good idea to write out what the formula is for each calculation before the actual calculation. Showing as much work as possible helps to eliminate errors, or at least be able to identify an error easily when it crops up," Fina suggested to the first year. "Basically showing work is always good when you're learning." "Better, yes," Josephina said, as she passed by the Lioness' desk again. *"Except though it doesn't appear to make a difference in this* case, make sure you know that the formula for the fourth challenge number is actually year of birth minus month of birth" You know, just in case the question cropped up on exam or something. Another young first year. Passing over his work, she frowned... "My dear boy, before you perform the subtraction operation, you'll want to always make sure you reduce the components to a single digit."** She paused, looking at his first challenge number again. "So take your first challenge number, day of birth minus month of birth. 23 - 11; but 23 is 2 plus 3, so that reduces to 5. And the 11 is one plus one, which is two. So you'll end up with 5 - 2 for your first challenge number, which is 3." Always reduce. Didn't she drill that in enough to them? "Try your next three challenge numbers again." Was it her or were there a lot of Gryffindors and Ravenclaws in her class? Passing by yet another Lioness, she glanced over the young second year's work and shook her head. "Good except that I think you've made a minor calculation error on your third challenge number." Yea, she totally wasn't sure where the girl got the one and the three.... Hm. Apparating numbers, perhaps? Wiliam raised his hand. " I am really confused by the numbers" William said to the professor. First Challenge Number Day of Birth minus month of birth 23- 11 ( 2+3) =5 and the 11 ( 1+1) =2. Second Challenge Number 2063 ( 2 + 0+ 6+ 3)= !1 (1+ 1)=2 then minus 23( 2 + 3)= 2- 5=(-3) or professor is it 5-2=3? Thrird Challenge Number 11 ( 1 + 1)=2 ( 2-5) = ( -3) (-- 3 + 5) = 2 Fourth Challenge Number 11- 12 which means 1+1=2 - 12 which is 1+2= 3 Now you subtract 2- 3 which equals( -1) or is it (1) William asked the professor.