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AlwaysSnapesGirl · 09-24-2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

"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."

PEMDAS! Yes, Vashti remembered it quite well from Muggle school, and she would've raised her hand to answer, but many of the other students were far quicker than she was, and then Professor Hadley was moving on. Ah, well.

That phrase was something she remembered too, though she didn't have an Aunt Sally either. She did have an Aunt Grace though, and she always wished she could've made the saying "Please excuse my ~~devious~~ 'dear' Aunt Grace." Unfortunately, subtraction didn't start with a "G," so she could never actually use it.

She was supposed to make up her own phrase to remember it by though? This ought to be interesting.

Picking up her quill and dipping it into her ink bottle, Vashti starting jotting down whatever came to mind.

SPOILER!!: Vashti's parchment

Heh. This was fun.

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AlwaysSnapesGirl Charing Cross Rd. Mod St. Mungo's Mod Re'em Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Narnia Posts: 19,889 Hogwarts RPG Name: Vashti Amstern Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Zephyr Amstern Ravenclaw Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nathaniel Hensley Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Apollo Finch-Selwyn Hufflepuff Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Avalon Dane Gryffindor Fourth Year x7 x1	Baguette \| there is no D in my name \| TRAITORclaw \| Queenie of Narnia Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising "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." PEMDAS! Yes, Vashti remembered it quite well from Muggle school, and she would've raised her hand to answer, but many of the other students were far quicker than she was, and then Professor Hadley was moving on. Ah, well. That phrase was something she remembered too, though she didn't have an Aunt Sally either. She did have an Aunt Grace though, and she always wished she could've made the saying "Please excuse my ~~devious~~ 'dear' Aunt Grace." Unfortunately, subtraction didn't start with a "G," so she could never actually use it. She was supposed to make up her own phrase to remember it by though? This ought to be interesting. Picking up her quill and dipping it into her ink bottle, Vashti starting jotting down whatever came to mind. SPOILER!!: Vashti's parchment Practically Evil Me Doesn't Accept Sorrow Perfectly Eager Muggles Don't Agree Sadly Practical Eagles Make Dozens Accept Suppression Heh. This was fun. __________________ if we fall, we will fall together; and when we rise, we will rise together__________________♥♥♥♥ together we are dangerous; together with our differences; together we are bolder, braver, stronger