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Weasley174 · 05-17-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter

Cadence continued to smile kindly at the boy as he continued to freak out. When he finally realized what she was asking and wrote down his birthday, though, she looked at the numbers. "Good! You actually have a really easy birthday to do this with, Simon!" she said, touching him comfortingly on the back. "So what you want to do is treat the month number, the day number, and the year as though they're each separate parts of a math problem," she explained and wrote out the numbers underneath what he had written.

"Now, the 1 and the 5 are already simplified as far as they can simplified. All we need to simplify is the year, 2060," she said slowly before writing another line underneath what she had just written. "So, think of it like this."

Smiling at him she said, "So, can you simplify the year for me?"

Simon looked at the piece of paper, his head was hurting so much with all the numbers. So the answer will be

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1+5+26=32

"So the answer would be 32?" Simon wasn't sure if she ment it like that, but he couldn't figure out what the () was, how was he suppost to know what that ment he was only small and young.

05-17-2010, 05:32 PM	#492 (permalink)
Weasley174 Formerly: Harry174 Giant Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: England Posts: 55,850 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sophie Smith Gryffindor First Year Hufflepuff x8	The Idea Man Kori-Kins Quote: Originally Posted by Dances_With_Potter Cadence continued to smile kindly at the boy as he continued to freak out. When he finally realized what she was asking and wrote down his birthday, though, she looked at the numbers. "Good! You actually have a really easy birthday to do this with, Simon!" she said, touching him comfortingly on the back. "So what you want to do is treat the month number, the day number, and the year as though they're each separate parts of a math problem," she explained and wrote out the numbers underneath what he had written. "Now, the 1 and the 5 are already simplified as far as they can simplified. All we need to simplify is the year, 2060," she said slowly before writing another line underneath what she had just written. "So, think of it like this." Smiling at him she said, "So, can you simplify the year for me?" Simon looked at the piece of paper, his head was hurting so much with all the numbers. So the answer will be Quote: 1+5+26=32 "So the answer would be 32?" Simon wasn't sure if she ment it like that, but he couldn't figure out what the () was, how was he suppost to know what that ment he was only small and young. __________________ It's time for a party.