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Jason Potter Weasley · 09-23-2011, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Josephina nodded in concurrence as a few students knew what the order of operations meant! "Precisely! The order in which you're to complete mathematical problems. Believe it or not, while exponents aren't really used much in Arithmancy, following the order of operations for the other operations is still important." They will see that later on in the term though.

"Almost. Except you've got one of your operations wrong. The E is for Exponents." Not that they really used exponents in Arithmancy, but you know, for accuracy and all. Division and Multiplication were rather interchangeable, so Fina wasn't terribly fussed over that.

"Yes." Though her operations she mentioned weren't precisely the easiest way to remember them, the way she said them.

Now here was a kid that clearly knew his muggle mathematics! "Exactly as I'd want you to remember the order too. PEMDAS!"

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"The order of operations is crucial to many of the numbers you'll calculate in your Arithmancy studies..." Hadley began, pausing for a bit. "Which is why, I want to make sure you remember them. Using a mnemonic. As August here mentioned, the order of operations can be summed up using the mnemonic, PEMDAS. Which stands for, Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction. The classic muggle phrase for this, which some of you might be familiar with is 'Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.'" Hadley frowned slightly.

"I don't know about you, but I don't have an Aunt Sally. So what I want you to do is create your own phrase. Wizardfy it. Make it personal to you. Something that you can remember when we get to calculating numbers."

ooc: create your own phrase for the mnemonic, PEDMAS. Be creative. Have fun with it. Jess is going to sleep, to allow others in different timezones to partake in the lesson, so you have probably about 8-9 hours to work on this, before we progress . . . =)

William raised his hand. He had to come up eith a saying with the letters Pedma. " Practically Envision Doing Magic Always" Willim told the professor. This is William's mnemonic.

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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 Josephina nodded in concurrence as a few students knew what the order of operations meant! "Precisely! The order in which you're to complete mathematical problems. Believe it or not, while exponents aren't really used much in Arithmancy, following the order of operations for the other operations is still important." They will see that later on in the term though. "Almost. Except you've got one of your operations wrong. The E is for Exponents." Not that they really used exponents in Arithmancy, but you know, for accuracy and all. Division and Multiplication were rather interchangeable, so Fina wasn't terribly fussed over that. "Yes." Though her operations she mentioned weren't precisely the easiest way to remember them, the way she said them. Now here was a kid that clearly knew his muggle mathematics! "Exactly as I'd want you to remember the order too. PEMDAS!" * "The order of operations is crucial to many of the numbers you'll calculate in your Arithmancy studies..."** Hadley began, pausing for a bit. "Which is why, I want to make sure you remember them. Using a mnemonic. As August here mentioned, the order of operations can be summed up using the mnemonic, PEMDAS. Which stands for, Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction. The classic muggle phrase for this, which some of you might be familiar with is 'Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.'" Hadley frowned slightly. "I don't know about you, but I don't have an Aunt Sally. So what I want you to do is create your own phrase. Wizardfy it. Make it personal to you. Something that you can remember when we get to calculating numbers." ooc: create your own phrase for the mnemonic, PEDMAS. Be creative. Have fun with it. Jess is going to sleep, to allow others in different timezones to partake in the lesson, so you have probably about 8-9 hours to work on this, before we progress . . . =) William raised his hand. He had to come up eith a saying with the letters Pedma. " Practically Envision Doing Magic Always" Willim told the professor. This is William's mnemonic.