SPOILER!!: Professor Hadley
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Originally Posted by
Orchideae 
"Precisely, Miss Flores-Shepard! I couldn't have said it better myself," Josephina nodded at the Slytherin girl. "Except one minor detail. Not only today are we going to calculate our Expression Numbers using the Pythagorean System, but we're going to use the Telephone number system as well."
Turning around, she wrote her full name on the board as an example:
JOSEPHINA FAITH HADLEY
Pythagorean System:
J-O-S-E-P-H-I-N-A F-A-I-T-H H-A-D-L-E-Y
1-6-1-5-7-8-9-5-1 6-1-9-2-8 8-1-4-3-5-7
(1+6+1+5+7+8+9+5+1) + (6+1+9+2+8) + (8+1+4+3+5+7)
(4+3) + (2+6) + (2+8)
7 + 8 + 10
7 + 8 + 1
1+6
= 7
Telephone System:
J-O-S-E-P-H-I-N-A F-A-I-T-H H-A-D-L-E-Y
5+6+7+3+7+4+4+6+2 3+2+4+8+4 4+2+3+5+3+9
(5+6+7+3+7+4+4+6+2) + (3+2+4+8+4) + (4+2+3+5+3+9)
(4+4) + (2+1) + (2+6)
8 + 3 + 8
1+9
=10
= 1
Turning back around to face the front, she pointed at her names as the example. "So as you can see clearly, the numbers are VERY different between the two systems. All I need for you to do now during class is to calculate your expression numbers using the two systems."
Marie watched the professor figure her numbers. This was something she would have no problem doing, Marie found this class rather easy, unlike Astronomy, now that class just confused the heck out of her.
After writing the number systems down she wrote her name then got busy figuring out her numbers.
M-A-R-I-E J-A-D-E S-A-L-A-Z-A-R
4+1+9+9+5 1+1+4+5 1+1+3+1+8+1+9
(4+1+9+9+5) + (1+1+4+5) + (1+1+3+1+8+1+9)
(28 = 2+8) + (11 = 1+1) + (24 = 2+4)
(10 = 1+0) + (2) + (6)
1+2+6 =
9
M-A-R-I-E J-A-D-E S-A-L-A-Z-A-R
(6+2+7+4+3) + (5+2+3+3) + (7+2+5+2+9+2+7)
(22 = 2+2) + (13 = 1+3) + (34 = 3+4)
4 + 4 + 7 = 15 = 1+5 =
6
So she has a 9 and a 6. Now what does that mean?