Austin waved back to the Hufflepuff named Rehman, although he wasn't too keen on going over to the guy. Austin liked working alone. He jotted down notes for five, six, and ten as the teacher spoke, now understanding things a bit more. Five meant marriage, and six seemed to mean first child. This made a lot of sense, and he was amazed to find that numbers had a lot of meaning. He had heard how older muggles thought their Arithmacy was hard, but they would flip to find that wizarding Arithmacy was a lot harder.

He quickly fixed his notes to match he ones on the board.

If six was the first child, would seven be the second child number? IS there a 'grand kid' kind of number? Maybe nine meant 'Elderly', or first grandchild number. He scribbled on his paper, now trying to think of what seven and eight meant. Well, two parents can get a house together, so maybe seven was a housing number of some sort. That would make sense, since after marriage, you have a kid, and then you get a house. What does a family do after they get a house? Do they have a second kid? That makes sense, so eight could be some sort of sibling relationship.

His new notes didn't seem as great as the professors, but he wasn't entirely sure what would come next. He was stumped when they were asked to figure out number five, and yet it was so simple.