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iBeJenn 10-19-2010 10:32 PM
Selena stared at the iPhone. Pretty... she wondered what music was on it... or if it had reception here. She wanted pizza. Or something. Hehehe. "The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, invented in 1874," she said after she raised her hand. Then she resumed staring at the iPhone her father wouldn't get her. They didn't want her calling weird strangers. Whatever.

tonks2 10-20-2010 09:04 AM
"Well, most people believe that Sir Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but that's not true - he just happened to get to the patent office first. I'm afraid I don't remember the name of the man who did invent it..."
Emmy was disappointed that she couldn't answer fully, but maybe someone else would.

hpluvr037 10-20-2010 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9873299)
Putting both objects back onto the table Jeremy turned to face the class again. "Anybody know in who is said to have invented the telephone? There are several correct answers to this one, actually, please only name one though." Yes, it was still not completely certain who had in fact invented it.
Again, both of Keefer's hands waved in the air. The answer was quite interesting, since it was a story of controversy.

"Professor, in most of Europe, Meucci is officially considered the inventor of the telephone. But that makes sense, because he was from Europe. In the United States, people tend to think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor, though he was really one of two people to independently invent it. Actually, way back in June 2002, the United States government passed a symbolic bill officially recognizing Meucci as the foremost inventor of the telephone! It's like they were finally conceding it or something."

Lislchen 10-21-2010 03:57 PM
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.

hpluvr037 10-21-2010 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.
With both hands waving about in the air, Keefer looked like he was doing a dance--except, in his seat. But raising just one hand was no fun.

"I think that end is just called the microphone, but I could be way wrong. That's the part you speak into. And isn't the end you hear out of just called the earphone? That's the opposite end. It is where the other person's voice is projected for you to hear."

Then again, that could be totally wrong. He didn't remember ever hearing proper names for those parts.

SilverTiger 10-21-2010 09:01 PM
short post
 
Grayson had been quiet again, simply because it was odd to her discussing telephones in Hogwarts. Yes, it was Muggle Studies, but for some reason she'd never thought they'd talk about phones. Not to mention she still wasn't exactly sure how Arithmancy was going to work into the class. Other than phone numbers, and those didn't really say much about a person. It piqued her curiosity, though. To see how it all got brought together. But as Professor Zookara continued, she raised her hand. "Um, the whole thing is called a headset, I think. And the part where the microphone is is the mouthpiece, and the other's the earpiece," she said, a bit tentatively. It wasn't like she sat at home thinking about what parts of telephones were called. There were so many other things to do.

sweetpinkpixie 10-21-2010 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.
Wait...those parts had proper names? Kurumi always called them the speaking end and the listening end. Leave it to wizards to know more about her world than she did - why did it always seem to be the case. What sounded smart....hmmmm...Kurumi raised her hand. "Professor, I think that end is called the transmitter or microphone because it is where you speak and sound is sent. The other end is the receiver or speaker meaning that is where the sound arrives for us...erm...muggles to listen to." That made sense...whether or not it was correct was another story.

Gryffindorgurl 10-21-2010 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.
Amber was seriously lost. Why did she come to this lesson again? Oh yeah, her parents who think muggles are unimportant and not useful to humanity. She raised her hand uncertainly. "Umm... is it called the ear piece?" She'd seen a kid listening to a thin box with these strings sticking out of it. He had the strings in his ears and he was singing, so were those strings the same as this stick... thing?

Lauralicious 10-21-2010 11:54 PM
"Well i dont know what its called but you speak into the lower half and you can hear what the other is saying in the upper half. With that you send the information you want to share."

Fee kinda knew about telephones but what that thing was called?No idea, she never really asked.Just using seemed fine,didnt it?!

Destiny 10-22-2010 07:03 AM
That part of the teph-a-lone looked dangerous. It reminded her of one of those medieval flails, and if it was anything like that medieval flail, it could do some serious damage.

:evil:

Destiny wanted to ask if she could hold it, you know, to get a better look at how the thing worked, but she doubted Professor Zoocarcass would trust her enough with it. Pfft, he had no reason not to trust her, though. She had successfully cracked a walnut with a Beater's Bat and left no damage..except to the walnut but that was the WHOLE point! So, now she had to guess what the thing did from afar since she wouldn't be able to hold it.

"Ugh, it's called a teph-a-lone." Didn't they discuss that already? "And I think you hold it to your ear and you can see the people talking to you."

tonks2 10-22-2010 07:34 AM
Emmy's hand went up, slightly more slowly this time...
"I'm not sure, but I think the receiving end is called the amplifier? And that's the end that converts electrical pulses back into audible soundwaves, anyway."
Short answer, for once, but hopefully right...

BearyMay 10-22-2010 09:50 AM
Raising her hand Dianna tried her best in answering.
"I think that the top part of it is called a erm.. maybe an earpiece? That is the part where you can hear the person your speaking too. And the bottom is the mouthpiece? Where you can speak into.." she said as she lowered her hand.
Wait a minute wasn't that and iPhone? Hahaha..

Magical Soul 10-22-2010 01:57 PM
SPOILER!!: Prof.
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.


"That's where you speak to.." She answered raising her hand, "And the upper part is where you hear from." He didn't want them to show the class that, right? Cool. Because that'd be not very exciting.

Hearing that girl's answer who wanted to see people through a pheletone, Louisa couldn't help supressing her little giggle. Now that girl was a really funny and.. way too magical than others.

Wonderstruck 10-22-2010 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.
"Well the piece towards the bottom is the part that you speak in to, and the top piece is where you hear the voice of the person you are talking to. As to their technical terms, I am not exactly sure what they are called." Alice had never really thought too deeply into telephones, mostly because the whole communication process with them and the telephone wires, and individual numbers could get pretty complicated.

ThePastelBookworm 10-22-2010 03:18 PM
joey walk in turn on her ipod and sat down and wrote songs with a her bag full of boxes cookies she see alice "hello alice she smiled sitting back down.

Canoir Greengrass 10-22-2010 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.
Freya raised her hand "I think the top part is called umm..an earphone? It reproduces the voice of the other person and the bottom part is called a microphone. It was where you have speak into." she said not so sure with her answer.

Steelsheen 10-23-2010 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9877869)
Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent.

"Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply.
Salander tilted his head as he watched the Professor gesture towards the phone. It was a simple enough question, but got even the muggle-raise lad stumped. Hardly anybody even thinks about what the proper parts are called dont they? "That part where the cable is hanging off from-- thats the mouthpiece I think... the other end where you listen from is the earpiece. And that whole thing is called a handset."

Lislchen 10-23-2010 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by gothicravenclaw (Post 9880455)
joey walk in turn on her ipod and sat down and wrote songs with a her bag full of boxes cookies she see alice "hello alice she smiled sitting back down.
...

Jeremy just stared at the girl who had just walked into the classroom without as much of a hello or an excuse for arriving late. "Well, excuse me!" His hazel eyes briefly flickered towards Fina before resting on the girl again. "5 Points from Ravenclaw for tardiness." And not even having the decency to come up with an excuse, how ridiculous it would have been. Pfft.

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Originally Posted by Destiny (Post 9879927)
"Ugh, it's called a teph-a-lone." Didn't they discuss that already? "And I think you hold it to your ear and you can see the people talking to you."
Why the heck didn't she trust him that the thing was called a telephone and not a teff-alone, or whatever she wanted to call it?! Okay, this was Destiny here, so no need to answer that question. "No, it's te-le-phone." He pointed out every syllable of the word on the board as if talking to a five-year-old. "It doesn't have anything to do with grass or being alone." Because teff was some kind of grass, right? He might have to ask the Herbology professor about this one...

"No, you can't." Jeremy shook his head at her answer. Well, at least she had gotten the 'hold to your ear' part right. Destiny probably could have come up with something different there too...like sticking it up your nose and then you can smell the other person or something. So he should probably be glad that she at least had it semi-right. "You can HEAR the person you called. It's like..." Yes, what was it like? "Do you know what a walkie-talkie is?" Probably not, but it was worth a try.


Turning back to the rest of the class, he smiled at the many people who had answered correctly. "Yes, absolutely correct. This whole part of the telephone is called the handset, whereas the upper part-" He gestured towards the part not directly connected to the cable-thingie. "-is called the earphone where you can then hear the other person you are talking to." Yes, hear, not see. "The other side is called the microphone and is the part where you speak into so the person you are calling can hear you." More or less.

He reached behind him to pick up the iPhone lying on the table and held it up for the class to see. "Now, last question before Professor Hadley will continue with the lesson." Jeremy directed a grin at Fina before turning back to the class. "Where is the handset in this mobile phone?" Was this a trick question? Maybe.

Roselyn 10-23-2010 08:02 PM
Evelyn was lost. So so, very, very very lost.

She knew that the tellynose was totally annoying, but that was pretty much it. Some had buttons!? That would make it even more complicated! Wait, all of them had buttons right? Button...thingies...

And she had no idea what the professor was talking about. Walking-talking? Umm duh, everyone did that everyday. Walk and talk at the same time? It wasn't that hard. A little toddler could do it!! And they did! No matter how annoying and irritating and frightening they were, they were smart enough to do that.

But, back to the question. However, the Slytherin couldn't help but lean back away form the black little thing. It looked like a miniature version of the MUGGLE BOX! OMG! It was a hand held version of the thing that turned you into a MUGGLE!

Tellynoses and Muggle boxes are uniting! RUN for you LIVES! After....after class though. She didn't want to get a detention.

Wonderstruck 10-23-2010 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9883091)
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Turning back to the rest of the class, he smiled at the many people who had answered correctly. "Yes, absolutely correct. This whole part of the telephone is called the handset, whereas the upper part-" He gestured towards the part not directly connected to the cable-thingie. "-is called the earphone where you can then hear the other person you are talking to." Yes, hear, not see. "The other side is called the microphone and is the part where you speak into so the person you are calling can hear you." More or less.

He reached behind him to pick up the iPhone lying on the table and held it up for the class to see. "Now, last question before Professor Hadley will continue with the lesson." Jeremy directed a grin at Fina before turning back to the class. "Where is the handset in this mobile phone?" Was this a trick question? Maybe.
Alice raised her one eyebrow...was this a trick question? "Well, with a mobile phone like that, the whole phone is the handset," Alice said, not sure if that was what he meant. "There is usually two little dots on the top so you can hear the person, and two at the bottom so the person can hear you. With a cell phone they aren't quite as separated as they are with a household phone like the one you were holding before."

ThePastelBookworm 10-23-2010 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9883091)
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Jeremy just stared at the girl who had just walked into the classroom without as much of a hello or an excuse for arriving late. "Well, excuse me!" His hazel eyes briefly flickered towards Fina before resting on the girl again. "5 Points from Ravenclaw for tardiness." And not even having the decency to come up with an excuse, how ridiculous it would have been. Pfft.



Why the heck didn't she trust him that the thing was called a telephone and not a teff-alone, or whatever she wanted to call it?! Okay, this was Destiny here, so no need to answer that question. "No, it's te-le-phone." He pointed out every syllable of the word on the board as if talking to a five-year-old. "It doesn't have anything to do with grass or being alone." Because teff was some kind of grass, right? He might have to ask the Herbology professor about this one...

"No, you can't." Jeremy shook his head at her answer. Well, at least she had gotten the 'hold to your ear' part right. Destiny probably could have come up with something different there too...like sticking it up your nose and then you can smell the other person or something. So he should probably be glad that she at least had it semi-right. "You can HEAR the person you called. It's like..." Yes, what was it like? "Do you know what a walkie-talkie is?" Probably not, but it was worth a try.


Turning back to the rest of the class, he smiled at the many people who had answered correctly. "Yes, absolutely correct. This whole part of the telephone is called the handset, whereas the upper part-" He gestured towards the part not directly connected to the cable-thingie. "-is called the earphone where you can then hear the other person you are talking to." Yes, hear, not see. "The other side is called the microphone and is the part where you speak into so the person you are calling can hear you." More or less.

He reached behind him to pick up the iPhone lying on the table and held it up for the class to see. "Now, last question before Professor Hadley will continue with the lesson." Jeremy directed a grin at Fina before turning back to the class. "Where is the handset in this mobile phone?" Was this a trick question? Maybe.
''Oh sorry i was in comming form another class she said it won't happend again she said with sigh i'm very sorry fellow ravenclaws.i am turly sorry.she she raise her hand the haed set is built in the the pone professer it has speaker when you can talk and part where the other person can talk.

GoldenSnake 10-23-2010 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9872441)
[COLOR="#6960EC"]Josephina looked to the next girl to speak, a young third year Slytherin of whom Fina had definitely seen around once or twice. Interesting similes though that the girl made. The telephone is the muggle version of the owl. "Well muggles don't use telephones for transportation, if that's what you were asking...." she smiled comfortingly at the snake. "But you're right about one thing, it is a substitute for the owl. It's used, as some of your peers said, to communicate."
Hazel nodded. The professor was so nice ot her, even if she had made one isty bisty mistake. That makes her wanna purr like a little kitten. "Communicate with that thing? Are you sure? How is it possible if it doesn't fly?" She asked. Silly muggles! What were they thinking of?

sweetpinkpixie 10-23-2010 09:58 PM
"Professor...in the case of your iPhone, isn't the entire body the handset?" Kurumi asked pointing at the iPhone that could fit in ones hands. "In the case of my phone," she further explaining taking her's out of her robe's pocket and setting it on the table. "This bottom part is the handset and the top part that opens up it the earphone." At least, she thought that was correct...

The1HBIC 10-24-2010 12:01 AM
Marie sat listening to everyone talk about the hello-phone thingy... and of course Destiny was arguing about what it was called. "Professor, you are both wrong, it is called a Hello-Phone." she said waving her hand in the air. Everyone should know it's a hello-phone. That's what you say when someone calls you right... Hello!

Well this was an easy question. She raised her hand again, "The handset is in your hand of course." Duh, where else would it be... In his pocket?

BearyMay 10-24-2010 02:21 AM
"That doesn't really have a handset does it? I mean it has the earphone on the top and the microphone at the bottom..And it's a touchscreen...Wait, so does that mean that the whole phone is the handset?" she was confused and was more likely asking than answering.

tonks2 10-24-2010 09:22 AM
Emmy's hand shot up instanrly, and she replied,
"The entire phone is the handset professor - whether it be a touchscreen, flip phone, or an ordinary old fashioned mobile, like the Sony Ericsson K770i..."

Lauralicious 10-24-2010 11:50 AM
"Uuuuummm isnt the whole mobile the handset? It depends on what mobile you have",Fee said.
Iphone par example had no handset in particular. The whole thing was thr handset.
But whats with older mobiles?!

Kaos.Doodles 10-24-2010 08:45 PM
Legend wanted to go to sleep. Honestly. Wasn't Muggle Studies usually more interesting? THIS is what happened with you mixed Artihmancy and Muggle Studies together.

You got a big ball of boring.

The Gryffindor raised his hand as he leaned back in the chair. "That is a trick question. In mobile or cell phones or whatever you want to call them. The handset is the phone. That is because there is no base, and it's MOBILE so they have to make it simple as easy to take around." There. Could he go to sleep now?

Steelsheen 10-24-2010 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9883091)
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He reached behind him to pick up the iPhone lying on the table and held it up for the class to see. "Now, last question before Professor Hadley will continue with the lesson." Jeremy directed a grin at Fina before turning back to the class. "Where is the handset in this mobile phone?" Was this a trick question? Maybe.
"The entire phone is called a handset Professor, whether its a candy-bar shaped or the clam-shell model." at least thats what this Slytherin lad thought.

Lislchen 10-29-2010 08:59 AM
Haha, sorry, I was sure I had posted. *shoves Fina to the front of the class* :P
 
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 9883830)
"Professor...in the case of your iPhone, isn't the entire body the handset?" Kurumi asked pointing at the iPhone that could fit in ones hands. "In the case of my phone," she further explaining taking her's out of her robe's pocket and setting it on the table. "This bottom part is the handset and the top part that opens up it the earphone." At least, she thought that was correct...
Heh. Weren't they just a clever bunch? He nodded as several people answered correctly, a small grin playing around his lips. "Yes, well done. In this case one could say the whole cell phone-" He held up the iPhone and wiggled it around a couple of times. "-is the head set." Yes, simple answer.

Just as he was about to step back to allow Pepper!Fina to continue, he noticed something pink out of the corner of his eyes. Something pink which was being held up. Held up by Kurumi. It was...his sister would have squealed with delight probably. "Yes, exactly, thank you Kurumi." Jeremy nodded with a grin, making a mental note on how the phone had looked like so he could get one for Al for her birthday.

"Now, thank you for your attention and participation. It is now time for the Arithmancy part of the lesson." Dundundun. With a grin to his colleague Jeremy moved backwards until his back hit the teacher's desk and he went to sit on it, waiting for her to take over.

PhoenixRising 11-01-2010 04:42 AM
Ergh. Sorry about the delay! <3
 
Josephina had been pacing quietly in the front corner of the room, eying her colleague as she breathed in and out. She didn't know why she was feeling nervous; wasn't like this was her first lesson ever teaching. Nor was it her first time around Zookara. Perhaps it was the long-awaited part where it was her turn to do the lesson that was getting her nervous? Yes, the waiting.

At long last, he turned the lesson over to her for the Arithmancy portion. "Thank you, Professor Zookara," Fina said politely, as she nodded subtly in his direction. Turning her attention on the class, she gave a small smile before beginning. "You all are probably wondering, 'what in the world does this strange muggle communication device have to do with numbers?'" It was a simple enough question and totally legit.

"If you all look carefully at each of the numbers on here, you'll notice that the numbers two through nine have letters next to them. For those of you who took my class last term, you might remember the lesson on Cryptomancy." She paused allowing them to think back to a year or so ago. "Well with this lesson I wanted to touch on a different style of cryptic messages, as well as possibly trying some variations on common calculations." Flicking her wand, the chart appeared on the board with each number and they're corresponding letters:

Text Cut: Numbers on the Phone

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


"As a warm up, I want you to convert the following numbers into words using the phone as our 'number system'." Josephina flicked her wand again as some words/phrases appeared on the board below the number system:
423539
9665272
3663 47 5683
8447 47 386!
226 4 46 938?



ooc: Please do just one - to give others a chance - and have your character raise their hand and speak it out. Points are first correct answer for this particular question (but I will take points if you post more than one answer ;D)

sweetpinkpixie 11-01-2010 04:52 AM
SPOILER!!: puzzle proffie!
Quote:
Originally Posted by KillerOrchid (Post 9905854)
Josephina had been pacing quietly in the front corner of the room, eying her colleague as she breathed in and out. She didn't know why she was feeling nervous; wasn't like this was her first lesson ever teaching. Nor was it her first time around Zookara. Perhaps it was the long-awaited part where it was her turn to do the lesson that was getting her nervous? Yes, the waiting.

At long last, he turned the lesson over to her for the Arithmancy portion. "Thank you, Professor Zookara," Fina said politely, as she nodded subtly in his direction. Turning her attention on the class, she gave a small smile before beginning. "You all are probably wondering, 'what in the world does this strange muggle communication device have to do with numbers?'" It was a simple enough question and totally legit.

"If you all look carefully at each of the numbers on here, you'll notice that the numbers two through nine have letters next to them. For those of you who took my class last term, you might remember the lesson on Cryptomancy." She paused allowing them to think back to a year or so ago. "Well with this lesson I wanted to touch on a different style of cryptic messages, as well as possibly trying some variations on common calculations." Flicking her wand, the chart appeared on the board with each number and they're corresponding letters:

Text Cut: Numbers on the Phone

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


"As a warm up, I want you to convert the following numbers into words using the phone as our 'number system'." Josephina flicked her wand again as some words/phrases appeared on the board below the number system:
423539
9665272
3663 47 5683
8447 47 386!
226 4 46 938?



ooc: Please do just one - to give others a chance - and have your character raise their hand and speak it out. Points are first correct answer for this particular question (but I will take points if you post more than one answer ;D)


Ooooh! A puzzle! Kurumi really liked puzzles. Maybe they were going to calculate their heart numbers or perhaps their personality number's later? Or was this going to be a class with a strange version of Morris Code?

Kurumi flew to her parchment as she began trying to crack the code.

Kurumi raised her hand. "Professor, I believe that the 3663 47 5683 line should be 'FOOD IS LOVE'?" She was pretty sure that 47 had to be IS as no other two letter words could be made with those combinations...were they going to eat something? Like...maybe have an end of the year party?

Roselyn 11-01-2010 04:54 AM
Evelyn was beginning to think they’d never get to the arithmancy part. The actually part of the lesson she’d really understand. Fones and owls…it was just all mumbo jumbo in her mind at the moment, and she had nooooooo idea what was going on until now.

But now that they were, she was beginning to feel a bit more comfortable. They were going to go onto cryptic messages again? With the numbers on phones? Glancing towards the chart on the board, a small smile appeared on her lips as the numbers and letters flew through her mind.

Writing down the phrases into her notebook, including the number system type thing, the Slytherin started with the calculations until she was finished. It didn't take long. She rather liked cryptic messages.

Raising her hand after...cookie girl...Evelyn raised a brow before going on with her answer. "The last phrase, is it...'Can I go yet?'"

Canoir Greengrass 11-01-2010 05:26 AM
SPOILER!!: Ze Professor
Quote:
Originally Posted by KillerOrchid (Post 9905854)
Josephina had been pacing quietly in the front corner of the room, eying her colleague as she breathed in and out. She didn't know why she was feeling nervous; wasn't like this was her first lesson ever teaching. Nor was it her first time around Zookara. Perhaps it was the long-awaited part where it was her turn to do the lesson that was getting her nervous? Yes, the waiting.

At long last, he turned the lesson over to her for the Arithmancy portion. "Thank you, Professor Zookara," Fina said politely, as she nodded subtly in his direction. Turning her attention on the class, she gave a small smile before beginning. "You all are probably wondering, 'what in the world does this strange muggle communication device have to do with numbers?'" It was a simple enough question and totally legit.

"If you all look carefully at each of the numbers on here, you'll notice that the numbers two through nine have letters next to them. For those of you who took my class last term, you might remember the lesson on Cryptomancy." She paused allowing them to think back to a year or so ago. "Well with this lesson I wanted to touch on a different style of cryptic messages, as well as possibly trying some variations on common calculations." Flicking her wand, the chart appeared on the board with each number and they're corresponding letters:

Text Cut: Numbers on the Phone

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


"As a warm up, I want you to convert the following numbers into words using the phone as our 'number system'." Josephina flicked her wand again as some words/phrases appeared on the board below the number system:
423539
9665272
3663 47 5683
8447 47 386!
226 4 46 938?



ooc: Please do just one - to give others a chance - and have your character raise their hand and speak it out. Points are first correct answer for this particular question (but I will take points if you post more than one answer ;D)


Humph. Puzzle and number? Freya never good at these two things. She always get stuck when juggling number. She let out a small piece of parchment and a quill from her bag to write down the number and possible answer. She raised her hand when she finished the puzzle. "Professor, The second one is it Zookara?" she said not so sure.

Steelsheen 11-01-2010 11:01 AM
SPOILER!!: Professor Numbers
Quote:
Originally Posted by KillerOrchid (Post 9905854)
Josephina had been pacing quietly in the front corner of the room, eying her colleague as she breathed in and out. She didn't know why she was feeling nervous; wasn't like this was her first lesson ever teaching. Nor was it her first time around Zookara. Perhaps it was the long-awaited part where it was her turn to do the lesson that was getting her nervous? Yes, the waiting.

At long last, he turned the lesson over to her for the Arithmancy portion. "Thank you, Professor Zookara," Fina said politely, as she nodded subtly in his direction. Turning her attention on the class, she gave a small smile before beginning. "You all are probably wondering, 'what in the world does this strange muggle communication device have to do with numbers?'" It was a simple enough question and totally legit.

"If you all look carefully at each of the numbers on here, you'll notice that the numbers two through nine have letters next to them. For those of you who took my class last term, you might remember the lesson on Cryptomancy." She paused allowing them to think back to a year or so ago. "Well with this lesson I wanted to touch on a different style of cryptic messages, as well as possibly trying some variations on common calculations." Flicking her wand, the chart appeared on the board with each number and they're corresponding letters:

Text Cut: Numbers on the Phone

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


"As a warm up, I want you to convert the following numbers into words using the phone as our 'number system'." Josephina flicked her wand again as some words/phrases appeared on the board below the number system:
423539
9665272
3663 47 5683
8447 47 386!
226 4 46 938?



ooc: Please do just one - to give others a chance - and have your character raise their hand and speak it out. Points are first correct answer for this particular question (but I will take points if you post more than one answer ;D)


Whoah numbers... here we go.... the lad winced as he scribbled a set on his parchment...

8447 47 386!


It took him a while to figure it out but he got it eventually " Professor that fourth one reads This is fun!" Or This is dum... hmmm double meanings to a code?

Wonderstruck 11-01-2010 02:01 PM
Alice raised her hand. "Professor, is the last one, 'can I go yet'?"

AlwaysSnapesGirl 11-01-2010 02:13 PM
Gah! Cryptomancy again! Vashti wasn't very fond of it, but of course she was going to try figuring at least one of the lines out. She wrote down the first line on her paper as well as the letters that corresponded to each number, then tried working it out until...

She raised her hand. "I think the first line is 'Hadley,' Professor."

PhoenixRising 11-02-2010 03:46 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 9905859)

Ooooh! A puzzle! Kurumi really liked puzzles. Maybe they were going to calculate their heart numbers or perhaps their personality number's later? Or was this going to be a class with a strange version of Morris Code?

Kurumi flew to her parchment as she began trying to crack the code.

Kurumi raised her hand. "Professor, I believe that the 3663 47 5683 line should be 'FOOD IS LOVE'?" She was pretty sure that 47 had to be IS as no other two letter words could be made with those combinations...were they going to eat something? Like...maybe have an end of the year party?
Josephina was a bit surprised when the students seemed so quick at solving even the more challenging of codes. "Yes, very much correct! Food is love," she beamed at the young Gryffindor with pride, as she tossed a chocoball in her direction.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 9905862)
Evelyn was beginning to think they’d never get to the arithmancy part. The actually part of the lesson she’d really understand. Fones and owls…it was just all mumbo jumbo in her mind at the moment, and she had nooooooo idea what was going on until now.

But now that they were, she was beginning to feel a bit more comfortable. They were going to go onto cryptic messages again? With the numbers on phones? Glancing towards the chart on the board, a small smile appeared on her lips as the numbers and letters flew through her mind.

Writing down the phrases into her notebook, including the number system type thing, the Slytherin started with the calculations until she was finished. It didn't take long. She rather liked cryptic messages.

Raising her hand after...cookie girl...Evelyn raised a brow before going on with her answer. "The last phrase, is it...'Can I go yet?'"
Oh figures that one of her best students would solve THAT particular code; though she doubted that Evelyn really wanted to go, but was simply answering the question. "No you may not go, but yes, that is the correct phrase for the last one," she winked at the girl, tossing her a piece of licorice. Mostly because she got the impression the girl wasn't fond of chocolate.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Canoir Greengrass (Post 9905894)

Humph. Puzzle and number? Freya never good at these two things. She always get stuck when juggling number. She let out a small piece of parchment and a quill from her bag to write down the number and possible answer. She raised her hand when she finished the puzzle. "Professor, The second one is it Zookara?" she said not so sure.
The brunette looked over at her colleague, a small smile on her face and then turned back to the girl, with a nod. Of course she would use the Professor's names. They were simple enough to solve AND the students should all know those names. "Quite right, my dear." She said simply, tossing a chocoball in her direction.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 9906181)

Whoah numbers... here we go.... the lad winced as he scribbled a set on his parchment...

8447 47 386!


It took him a while to figure it out but he got it eventually " Professor that fourth one reads This is fun!" Or This is dum... hmmm double meanings to a code?
Noting the scrupulous scribblings of another Slytherin, Josephina wasn't about to deny it that Slytherins were on TOP of THEIR GAME. Like seriously. "Yes, I quite agree and am glad to see someone else sharing my affinity for codes." She beamed at the fourth year, tossing him a jelly slug.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snape'sGirlThru&Thru (Post 9906417)
Gah! Cryptomancy again! Vashti wasn't very fond of it, but of course she was going to try figuring at least one of the lines out. She wrote down the first line on her paper as well as the letters that corresponded to each number, then tried working it out until...

She raised her hand. "I think the first line is 'Hadley,' Professor."
Of course the first code would be the last to be solved, but no less wrong, as it was naturally her OWN name. "Of course, quite right," she said, tossing the last girl a chocoball as well.



Time to move on though, as it seemed they were all warming up nicely to these numbers and their new letter assignments. Smart kids. "Excellent. But sadly we're not going to spend much time on codes. I just wanted to show you all another example of how codes could be used and how different they could be," Fina continued, pacing slightly. "Now thinking about how you calculate your four core numbers, there is one core number that will not change no matter if you used the telephone number system or the Pythagorean. Can someone tell me what that number is?"

Roselyn 11-02-2010 03:54 AM
Hehe, well...no, she didn't want to leave Arithmancy class. It was a favorite of hers of course, though she wouldn't mind leaving Muggle Studies. Why did they have to combine the two? It just...ruined it.

A rather small smile appeared on her lips as she was given licorice instead of chocolate. Thank Merlin at least one professor noticed she didn't like that horrid sweet that made Destiny go crazy and ride sheep like they were horses. Twirling the piece of candy around on her desk, her gaze moved back to the Professor as she asked a question. Meep!

"That is...the Life Path number." she said after raising her hand, before going back to twirling the piece of licorice.

PadfootAndTheWolf 11-02-2010 04:10 AM
Riley had to think for a little bit on this question. He eyed the Professor intently, hoping that something in that face would give the answer away but sadly he was not able to get Arithmancy help from body language and the boy was far from a mind reader so he popped open his textbook and quickly looked up the different types of numbers until he was able to find the one he was looking for. "Umm Professor, I think the one you are talking about is the Life Path Number, it won't change if you use the Pathagorean." he nodded matter-of-factly.

sweetpinkpixie 11-02-2010 04:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KillerOrchid (Post 9908559)
Josephina was a bit surprised when the students seemed so quick at solving even the more challenging of codes. "Yes, very much correct! Food is love," she beamed at the young Gryffindor with pride, as she tossed a chocoball in her direction.

Time to move on though, as it seemed they were all warming up nicely to these numbers and their new letter assignments. Smart kids. "Excellent. But sadly we're not going to spend much time on codes. I just wanted to show you all another example of how codes could be used and how different they could be," Fina continued, pacing slightly. "Now thinking about how you calculate your four core numbers, there is one core number that will not change no matter if you used the telephone number system or the Pythagorean. Can someone tell me what that number is?"
Catching the chocoball, Kurumi's first instinct was to question whether this was normal chocolate or something crazy...was it going to turn into an armadillo or something? She set it down on the table and watched it for a few moments. She even took out her wand and poked it. Nothing. Phew, just normal chocolate. She then stuck it in her robe pocket to save for later. There may be a maze coming up...or something more complicated... and she was going to need a sugar boost.

As the conversation changed to core numbers and...Pytha...pytho...pythu...well, pyth something, Kurumi decided to just sit back and listen with her parchment and quill ready for notes.

PhoenixRising 11-04-2010 04:08 AM
*continuing* sorry for the delay <3
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 9908578)
Hehe, well...no, she didn't want to leave Arithmancy class. It was a favorite of hers of course, though she wouldn't mind leaving Muggle Studies. Why did they have to combine the two? It just...ruined it.

A rather small smile appeared on her lips as she was given licorice instead of chocolate. Thank Merlin at least one professor noticed she didn't like that horrid sweet that made Destiny go crazy and ride sheep like they were horses. Twirling the piece of candy around on her desk, her gaze moved back to the Professor as she asked a question. Meep!

"That is...the Life Path number." she said after raising her hand, before going back to twirling the piece of licorice.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 (Post 9908600)
Riley had to think for a little bit on this question. He eyed the Professor intently, hoping that something in that face would give the answer away but sadly he was not able to get Arithmancy help from body language and the boy was far from a mind reader so he popped open his textbook and quickly looked up the different types of numbers until he was able to find the one he was looking for. "Umm Professor, I think the one you are talking about is the Life Path Number, it won't change if you use the Pathagorean." he nodded matter-of-factly.
Noticing the content look on Evelyn's face when she received the chocolate, Josephina knew she had won the girl over. Granted the girl's affinity for Arithmancy wasn't going to hurt anything, but also being attentive to the girl's likes [and anyone's really] wasn't going to hurt anything.

Hearing her and then a boy - Gryffindor one - speak up on the subject as Life Path number being the one that didn't change, she nodded in agreement. "Yes, that is correct to the both of you," Fina replied. "The Life Path number is calculated using other numbers, rather than letters to numbers, so it doesn't matter what system you're using, it will indeed remain the same."

Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 9908633)
Catching the chocoball, Kurumi's first instinct was to question whether this was normal chocolate or something crazy...was it going to turn into an armadillo or something? She set it down on the table and watched it for a few moments. She even took out her wand and poked it. Nothing. Phew, just normal chocolate. She then stuck it in her robe pocket to save for later. There may be a maze coming up...or something more complicated... and she was going to need a sugar boost.

As the conversation changed to core numbers and...Pytha...pytho...pythu...well, pyth something, Kurumi decided to just sit back and listen with her parchment and quill ready for notes.
Noting confusion on a typically active student in her classes this term, Fina blinked a moment or two at the girl, before realizing she probably hadn't reviewed her core numbers. One of the hardest issues for a subject like Arithmancy and teaching to a variety of years was that there were always new students incoming each year who hadn't done last year's numbers.

"It seems some of you are struck by confusion as to what I'm talking about," Fina continued, giving a small smile in the young, but intuitive girl's direction. "Just as a quick review, I was referring to the Pythagorean Number System, which is discussed in chapter two of your textbooks. The number we will specifically work with during the lesson will be your Expression Numbers, which is in chapter seven of your texts.

Can someone please tell me how this number is found?"

Roselyn 11-04-2010 04:21 AM
...

Well it was beyond her that someone was confused. Then again, not everyone read their books before the school year or lessons. Tapping her pencil with one hand, and continuing to twirl the licorice with her other hand, her eyes scanned her notes that she had written so far. Something about a phone being annoying, her equations for deciphering the phrases using the telephone numbers, a drawing of an owl…

And another question was being asked. How was the expression number found? Meep! Raising her hand that held her pencil, because obviously she wasn’t going to advertise her awesome candy licorice, the Slytherin smiled just a tad once more before answering. "You use your full name. The one on your birth certificate." That everyone should know. Obviously. "And using the Pythagorean number system, you assign the letters of your name with the correct number before adding up the numbers of each name separately…first…before reducing and adding up the total of each name altogether." Slightly long explanation, but whatever. It’s what had to be done. Oh… "And then reduce the last number."

Can't forget that part! Otherwise...epic fail.

PhoenixRising 11-04-2010 04:43 AM
"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."

Text Cut: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z


Text Cut: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

sweetpinkpixie 11-04-2010 05:26 AM
Kurumi looked around sheepishly. Oh, so that is what it was called...and her and Adam had been playing around with finding their core numbers earlier in the month. Kurumi felt silly that she hadn't remembered the name. Oops.

Taking out a fresh piece of parchment, Kurumi started with the Pythagorean Number System first before heading on to the telephone one.
SPOILER!!: Kurumi's parchment

Expression Numbers - found by adding up the assigned number of each letter in your name. Then you reduce and adding up the total of each name altogether.

Pythagorean Number System
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
239349 863395725997

2+3+9+3+4+9+8+6+3+3+9+5+7+2+5+9+9+7=103
1+0+3= 4

Telephone Number System
2 = abc 3 = def 4 = ghi 5 = jkl 6 = mno 7 = pqrs 8 = tuv 9 = wxyz
KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
587864 465546423779
5+8+7+8+6+4+4+6+5+5+4+6+4+2+3+7+7+9=100
1+0+0= 1

Steelsheen 11-04-2010 05:27 AM
SPOILER!!: Professor H
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9913911)
"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."

Text Cut: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z


Text Cut: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


Toying with the jelly slug from the Professor, he go a little too preoccupied with its stretchy squishiness. Squish...squish... streeeettch But then he hears something that makes him get a little pale. We have to use our full names? Raising his had he uttered "Uh Professor? If you mean by 'full names', how full is... full? Like the first name? second name? mother's ridiculously long maiden names?...." The boy not only has to write all that down, he had to crunch alllllll those numbers. Would he have enough parchment? Worse, will he even be done before next week?

The1HBIC 11-04-2010 05:54 AM
SPOILER!!: Professor Hadley
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9913911)
"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."

Text Cut: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z


Text Cut: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


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.

Text Cut: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z


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

Text Cut: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


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?

PhoenixRising 11-04-2010 06:11 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 9913956)

Toying with the jelly slug from the Professor, he go a little too preoccupied with its stretchy squishiness. Squish...squish... streeeettch But then he hears something that makes him get a little pale. We have to use our full names? Raising his had he uttered "Uh Professor? If you mean by 'full names', how full is... full? Like the first name? second name? mother's ridiculously long maiden names?...." The boy not only has to write all that down, he had to crunch alllllll those numbers. Would he have enough parchment? Worse, will he even be done before next week?
Noting a raised hand, Josephina nodded at him as she listened to his question. Valid point and sure to be one that others - particularly those new to Arithmancy would have question over. "Full names as in your birth name. Your name on your birth certificate would do just fine." Because that was they're legal names which was what counted and they should all know those names.

Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 9913954)
Kurumi looked around sheepishly. Oh, so that is what it was called...and her and Adam had been playing around with finding their core numbers earlier in the month. Kurumi felt silly that she hadn't remembered the name. Oops.

Taking out a fresh piece of parchment, Kurumi started with the Pythagorean Number System first before heading on to the telephone one.
SPOILER!!: Kurumi's parchment

Expression Numbers - found by adding up the assigned number of each letter in your name. Then you reduce and adding up the total of each name altogether.

Pythagorean Number System
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
239349 863395725997

2+3+9+3+4+9+8+6+3+3+9+5+7+2+5+9+9+7=103
1+0+3= 4

Telephone Number System
2 = abc 3 = def 4 = ghi 5 = jkl 6 = mno 7 = pqrs 8 = tuv 9 = wxyz
KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
587864 465546423779
5+8+7+8+6+4+4+6+5+5+4+6+4+2+3+7+7+9=100
1+0+0= 1
Looking over the young first year's work, she nodded in approval. "It doesn't really appear to make much difference, but the numbers are easier to work with and generally you avoid less chances for mistakes if you added the numbers in each name up first, reduce those two a single digit and then add those numbers together." Less numbers adding together at one time, ultimately would be the end result. Which meant less chances for accidentally missing a number . . . or something.

Destiny 11-04-2010 06:19 AM
Merlin, Destiny was much better at Muggle Studies than Arithmancy. She didn't know how Evelyn could like this class so much and not only that, the girl understood it all!

Too many numbers make Destiny a wonky girl.

She'd much rather listen to Professor Zoocarcass talk about the teph-a-lone than figure out whatever it was she was supposed to figure out. Pulling out a piece of parchment, because up until that point she didn't need any, she got to work figuring this stuff out. Too bad she didn't share her whole name with Evelyn. Would have made this a LOT easier.

SPOILER!!: Destiny's Pythagorean Number Work Stuff

D-E-S-T-I-N-Y-H-E-K-A-T-E-S-H-E-P-A-R-D
(4+5+1+2+9+5+7)+(8+5+2+1+2+5)+(1+8+5+7+1+9+4)
(3+3)+(2+3)+(3+5)
(6)+(5)+(8)
(1+9)
(1)

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z


SPOILER!!: Destiny's Teph-a-lone Number Work Stuff

D-E-S-T-I-N-Y-H-E-K-A-T-E-S-H-E-P-A-R-D
(3+3+7+8+4+6+9)+(4+3+5+2+8+3)+(7+4+3+7+2+7+3)
(4+0)+(2+5)+(3+3)
(4)+(7)+(6)
(1)+(7)
(8)

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


It looked right. But, looks could be deceiving.

Roselyn 11-04-2010 06:21 AM
Aw right, the telliphone numbers. What did their expression number using that muggle device's numbers have to do with anything though? It was just the one that was using the Pythagorean number system that really mattered right? Or..maybe not. Who knows.

The professor knew, but Evelyn didn't feel like asking. Not when everything lapsed into silence...unless it was Salander who was talking. Hehe, long name?

Glancing down to her notebook, she decided to just use another page since this one was full of pointless drawings and such, and took up too much space. New page then! Pausing with the twirling licorice act, Evelyn leaned forward and started on the calculations. Meh, it failed that she had to use just her regular last name. Pfft.

SPOILER!!: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Evelyn Rose Flores

E-V-E-L-Y-N R-O-S-E F-L-O-R-E-S
5-4-5-3-7-5 9-6-1-5 6-3-6-9-5-1

(5+4+5+3+7+5) + (9+6+1+5) + (6+3+6+9+5+1)
(29) + (21) + (30)
(11) + 3 + 3
2 + 3 + 3
= 8

SPOILER!!: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

Evelyn Rose Flores

E-V-E-L-Y-N R-O-S-E F-L-O-R-E-S
3-8-3-5-9-6 7-6-7-3 3-5-6-7-3-7

(3+8+3+5+9+6) + (7+6+7+3) + (3+5+6+7+3+7)
(34) + (23) + (31)
7 + 5 + 4
16 = (1+6)
= 7

sweetpinkpixie 11-04-2010 06:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9914003)
Looking over the young first year's work, she nodded in approval. "It doesn't really appear to make much difference, but the numbers are easier to work with and generally you avoid less chances for mistakes if you added the numbers in each name up first, reduce those two a single digit and then add those numbers together." Less numbers adding together at one time, ultimately would be the end result. Which meant less chances for accidentally missing a number . . . or something.
Kurumi looked up from her work and blushed red like a tomato. The professor did have a point, but she was just used to adding things up in a straight line without breaking things down into smaller parts - at least, that is how she had been trained to do math in her muggle school. Kurumi nodded to the professor shyly and wondered if she should completely start over when she looked back at the board to see that the professor had broken things down into smaller bits...She was pretty sure she had done the calculations correctly...but now she was freaking out, on the inside of course. "P-P-Professor...are my calculations wrong?" she asked in a timid voice.

Kurumi flew back to her parchment and scratched out her previous work to mimic the method the professor had written on the board.

SPOILER!!: Kurumi's parchment with imaginary ink splots!

Expression Numbers - found by adding up the assigned number of each letter in your name. Then you reduce and adding up the total of each name altogether.

Pythagorean Number System
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
239349 863395725997

2+3+9+3+4+9+8+6+3+3+9+5+7+2+5+9+9+7=103
1+0+3= 4
K-U-R-U-M-I-H-O-L-L-I-N-G-B-E-R-R-Y
2-3-9-3-4-9-8-6-3-3-9-5-7-2-5-9-9-7
(2+3+9+3+4+9)+(8+6+3+3+9+5+7+2+5+9+9+7) =
(3+0) + (7+3) = (3) + (1+0) = 4


Telephone Number System
2 = abc 3 = def 4 = ghi 5 = jkl 6 = mno 7 = pqrs 8 = tuv 9 = wxyz
KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
587864 465546423779
5+8+7+8+6+4+4+6+5+5+4+6+4+2+3+7+7+9=100
1+0+0= 1

K-U-R-U-M-I-H-O-L-L-I-N-G-B-E-R-R-Y
5-8-7-8-6-4-4-6-5-5-4-6-4-2-3-7-7-9

(5+8+7+8+6+4)+(4+6+5+5+4+6+4+2+3+7+7+9)=
(3+8) + (6+2) = (1+1)+(8) = 1+0 = 1


Breathing huge sigh of relief, Kurumi set down her quill. At least now she knew that she was correct in her original calculations!

Canoir Greengrass 11-04-2010 06:57 AM
Freya let out a small sighed, she never good at juggling numbers. She took out piece of parchment and a quill from her back before she began scribing her Pythagorean and Telephone Number. "Better be done with it then" she muttered to herself.

SPOILER!!: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Freya Raven Salvatore

F-R-E-Y-A R-A-V-E-N S-A-L-V-A-T-O-R-E
6-9-5-7-1 9-1-4-5-5 1-1-3-4-1-2-6-9-3

(6+9+5+7+1) + (9+1+4+5+5) + (1+1+3+4+1+2+6+9+3)
(2+8) + (2+4) + (3+0)
(1+0) + 6 + 3
1 + 6 + 3
1 + 1
= 2


SPOILER!!: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

Freya Raven Salvatore

F-R-E-Y-A R-A-V-E-N S-A-L-V-A-T-O-R-E
3-7-3-9-2 7-2-8-3-6 7-2-5-8-2-8-6-7-3

(3+7+3+9+2) + (7+2+8+3+6) + (7+2+5+8+2+6+7+3)
(2+4) + (2+6) + (4+0)
6 + 8 + 4
1+6
= 7

mellamaet 11-05-2010 07:40 AM
Cass hadn't been paying any attention to the class....she felt terribly about it...she just wasn't feeling like herself lately. Then she noticed that her classmates started writing on their parchments, so that would mean there was an activity. She looked up from her own blank piece of parchment and saw that there was an example of the activity on the board. She sighed softly before reaching for her quill.

SPOILER!!: parchment

Ara Cassandra Prewett


Pythagorean System
Quote:
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z
ARACASSANDRAPREWETT
(1+9+1)+(3+1+1+1+1+5+4+9+1)+(7+9+5+5+5+2+2)
11+29+35
7+1
8

Telephone System
Quote:
2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz
ARACASSANDRAPREWETT
(2+7+2)+(2+2+7+7+2+6+3+7+2)+(7+7+3+9+3+8+8)
11+38+45
9+4
1+3
4

SilverTiger 11-05-2010 08:17 AM
yay calculations? xD
 
As they started the arithmancy discussion, Grayson had started sort of doodling in her notes. Not to the extent that she wasn't paying attention, but at least she was doing something. And besides, she somewhat knew about the expression number and all that. From reading, and getting bored enough to do random calculations. But a faint grin had crept onto her face at Salander's question about what they needed to use name-wise. Oh, she knew where that had come from, even if it seemed Professor Hadley didn't. Or the professor just didn't care. Either way it was amusing to her, and reminded her of violins again.

But then they were really officially expected to do their own calculations, and she let herself get back to a more serious mode. And flipped to a clean sheet of paper. No need to use her doodled paper for this, especially if her work would be examined at some point. Then she started scribbling.

SPOILER!!: notes/calculations
Expression Number:

Pythagorean system:

GRAYSON MELINDA KELLY
7917165 4539541 25337

(7+9+1+7+1+6+5) + (4+5+3+9+5+4+1) + (2+5+3+3+7)
36 + 31 + 20
(3+6) + (3+1) + (2+0)
9 + 4 + 2
15
(1+5)
6


Telephone system:
2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

GRAYSON MELINDA KELLY
4729766 6354632 53559

(4+7+2+9+7+6+6) + (6+3+5+4+6+3+2) + (5+3+5+5+9)
41 + 29 + 27
(4+1) + (2+9) + (2+7)
5 + 11 + 9
5 + (1+1) + 9
5 + 2 + 9
16
(1 + 6)
7


As she finished, she raised her hand. "Professor Hadley? Do master numbers count with the telephone system?" if she wasn't mistaken, eleven was one of those, and she definitely had an eleven in there.

AlwaysSnapesGirl 11-05-2010 09:05 PM
So...calculations time with not one but two number systems. Well this would be interesting, wouldn't it? Vashti wondered briefly what her numbers would end up being and if it was possible to get the same one for both. That'd be cool.

Picking up her quill, Vashti began working out the equations.

SPOILER!!: Vashti's parchment
Pythagorean Number System:
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Expression Number
(V+A+S+H+T+I)+(R+A+C+H+E+L+L+E)+(G+R+E+E+N+W+E+L+L )
(4+1+1+8+2+9)+(9+1+3+8+5+3+3+5)+(7+9+5+5+5+5+5+3+3 )
(25)+(37)+(47)
(2+5)+(3+7)+(4+7)
(7)+(10)+(11)
7+(1+0)+(1+1)
7+1+2
10
1+0
1

Expr. Num. Using Pyth. Num. System: 1

Telephone Number System:
2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

Expression Number
(V+A+S+H+T+I)+(R+A+C+H+E+L+L+E)+(G+R+E+E+N+W+E+L+L )
(8+2+7+4+8+4)+(7+2+2+4+3+5+5+3)+(4+7+3+3+6+9+3+5+5 )
(33)+(31)+(45)
(3+3)+(3+1)+(4+5)
(9)+(4)+(9)
22
2+2
4

Expr. Num. Using Tel. Num. System: 4


Well, they weren't the same. Not that she'd really expected them to be, but it would've been neat if they were, wouldn't it? Vashti set her quill down, waiting for whatever they would be doing next.

Steelsheen 11-06-2010 05:37 AM
Ok, that took a while....

Salander finally looked up from his parchment, trying to squeeze the creak out of his neck. It took that long to finish writing his name as stated on his birth certificate, coding them into the respective number system, adding and reducing the numbers down as the Professor requested.

He looked to Grayson's question and raised a weary hand "Same question here Professor. I've had 11 come up several times, and in the Pythagorean system, the final sum was 11 as well, unless you want us to reduce it further to 2? "


SPOILER!!: Salander's parchment, brace yourself ;)

Pythagorean System

S T R A D I V A R I U S
1+2+9+1+4+9+4+1+9+9+3+1= 53

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72
A S T O R
1+1+2+6+9= 10

S A L A N D E R
1+1+3+1+5+4+5+9= 29

[5+3] + [7+2] + [7+2] + [1+0] + [2+9]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[1+1]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[2]
[2+9]
= 11
OR [1+1]
= 2




Telephone System:
S T R A D I V A R I U S
7+8+7+2+3+4+8+2+7+4+8+7= 67

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62
A S T O R
2+7+8+6+7= 30

S A L A N D E R
7+2+5+2+6+3+3+7= 35

[6+7]+ [6+2] + [6+2] + [3+0] + [3+5]
[1+3] + [8] + [8]+ [3] + [8]
4+8+8+3+8 = 31
3+1
= 4

Kaos.Doodles 11-06-2010 06:19 PM
Erg. Legend wanted to bang his head agaisnt the desk, or a wall. ANYTHING really. The fifth year resisted the urge though and picked up his quill. He swore that Hadley was doing this JUST to annoy him.

SPOILER!!: Pythagorean Number System


1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Lysander Jedidiah Hayden Shiloh Merric Chosen

L-Y-S-A-N-D-E-R
3-7-1-1-5-4-5-9

J-E-D-I-D-I-A-H
1-5-4-9-4-9-1-8

H-A-Y-D-E-N
8-1-7-4-5-5

S-H-I-L-O-H
1-8-9-3-6-8

M-E-R-R-I-C
4-5-9-9-9-3

C-H-O-S-E-N
3-8-6-1-5-5

(3+7+1+1+5+4+5+9) + (1+5+4+9+4+9+1+8) + (8+1+7+4+5+5) + (1+8+9+3+6+8) + (4+5+9+9+9+3) + (3+8+6+1+5+5)

(3+5) + (4+1) + (3+0) + (3+5) + (3+9) + (2+8)
8 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 12 + 10
8 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 1
2 + 5
= 7



SPOILER!!: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

L-Y-S-A-N-D-E-R
5-9-7-2-6-3-3-7

J-E-D-I-D-I-A-H
5-3-3-4-3-4-2-4

H-A-Y-D-E-N
4-2-9-3-3-6

S-H-I-L-O-H
7-4-4-5-6-4

M-E-R-R-I-C
6-3-7-7-4-2

C-H-O-S-E-N
2-4-6-7-3-6

(5+9+7+2-6+3+3+7) + (5+3+3+4+3+4+2+4) + (4+2+9+3+3+6) + (7+4+4+5+6+4) + (6+3+7+7+4+2) + (2+4+6+7+3+6 )

(4+2) + (2+8) + (2+7) + (3+0) + (2+9) + (2+8)
6 + 10 + 9 + 3 + 11 + 10
6 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 1
=22
= 4


THERE done. FINALLY. Legend rested his head agaisnt the desk. He didn't care if people had finished way before him. LOOOK what he had to do. The Gryffindor didn't even care if some stuff were wrong.

PhoenixRising 11-07-2010 06:06 PM
Text Cut: two Slytherin girls
Quote:
Originally Posted by Destiny (Post 9914012)
Merlin, Destiny was much better at Muggle Studies than Arithmancy. She didn't know how Evelyn could like this class so much and not only that, the girl understood it all!

Too many numbers make Destiny a wonky girl.

She'd much rather listen to Professor Zoocarcass talk about the teph-a-lone than figure out whatever it was she was supposed to figure out. Pulling out a piece of parchment, because up until that point she didn't need any, she got to work figuring this stuff out. Too bad she didn't share her whole name with Evelyn. Would have made this a LOT easier.

SPOILER!!: Destiny's Pythagorean Number Work Stuff

D-E-S-T-I-N-Y-H-E-K-A-T-E-S-H-E-P-A-R-D
(4+5+1+2+9+5+7)+(8+5+2+1+2+5)+(1+8+5+7+1+9+4)
(3+3)+(2+3)+(3+5)
(6)+(5)+(8)
(1+9)
(1)

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z


SPOILER!!: Destiny's Teph-a-lone Number Work Stuff

D-E-S-T-I-N-Y-H-E-K-A-T-E-S-H-E-P-A-R-D
(3+3+7+8+4+6+9)+(4+3+5+2+8+3)+(7+4+3+7+2+7+3)
(4+0)+(2+5)+(3+3)
(4)+(7)+(6)
(1)+(7)
(8)

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz


It looked right. But, looks could be deceiving.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 9914017)
Aw right, the telliphone numbers. What did their expression number using that muggle device's numbers have to do with anything though? It was just the one that was using the Pythagorean number system that really mattered right? Or..maybe not. Who knows.

The professor knew, but Evelyn didn't feel like asking. Not when everything lapsed into silence...unless it was Salander who was talking. Hehe, long name?

Glancing down to her notebook, she decided to just use another page since this one was full of pointless drawings and such, and took up too much space. New page then! Pausing with the twirling licorice act, Evelyn leaned forward and started on the calculations. Meh, it failed that she had to use just her regular last name. Pfft.

SPOILER!!: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Evelyn Rose Flores

E-V-E-L-Y-N R-O-S-E F-L-O-R-E-S
5-4-5-3-7-5 9-6-1-5 6-3-6-9-5-1

(5+4+5+3+7+5) + (9+6+1+5) + (6+3+6+9+5+1)
(29) + (21) + (30)
(11) + 3 + 3
2 + 3 + 3
= 8

SPOILER!!: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

Evelyn Rose Flores

E-V-E-L-Y-N R-O-S-E F-L-O-R-E-S
3-8-3-5-9-6 7-6-7-3 3-5-6-7-3-7

(3+8+3+5+9+6) + (7+6+7+3) + (3+5+6+7+3+7)
(34) + (23) + (31)
7 + 5 + 4
16 = (1+6)
= 7



Josephina walked around the room, nodding as she checked the students work; it was rather tedious but there were certain things - after doing this for years - that begin to jump out at you when you realize how blatantly wrong the answer was.

That was not the case with some of these brilliant future Arithmancy experts. "Nice work, girls" she said approvingly, before moving onto the next.



Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 9914022)
Kurumi looked up from her work and blushed red like a tomato. The professor did have a point, but she was just used to adding things up in a straight line without breaking things down into smaller parts - at least, that is how she had been trained to do math in her muggle school. Kurumi nodded to the professor shyly and wondered if she should completely start over when she looked back at the board to see that the professor had broken things down into smaller bits...She was pretty sure she had done the calculations correctly...but now she was freaking out, on the inside of course. "P-P-Professor...are my calculations wrong?" she asked in a timid voice.

Kurumi flew back to her parchment and scratched out her previous work to mimic the method the professor had written on the board.

SPOILER!!: Kurumi's parchment with imaginary ink splots!

Expression Numbers - found by adding up the assigned number of each letter in your name. Then you reduce and adding up the total of each name altogether.

Pythagorean Number System
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
239349 863395725997

2+3+9+3+4+9+8+6+3+3+9+5+7+2+5+9+9+7=103
1+0+3= 4
K-U-R-U-M-I-H-O-L-L-I-N-G-B-E-R-R-Y
2-3-9-3-4-9-8-6-3-3-9-5-7-2-5-9-9-7
(2+3+9+3+4+9)+(8+6+3+3+9+5+7+2+5+9+9+7) =
(3+0) + (7+3) = (3) + (1+0) = 4


Telephone Number System
2 = abc 3 = def 4 = ghi 5 = jkl 6 = mno 7 = pqrs 8 = tuv 9 = wxyz
KURUMI HOLLINGBERRY
587864 465546423779
5+8+7+8+6+4+4+6+5+5+4+6+4+2+3+7+7+9=100
1+0+0= 1

K-U-R-U-M-I-H-O-L-L-I-N-G-B-E-R-R-Y
5-8-7-8-6-4-4-6-5-5-4-6-4-2-3-7-7-9

(5+8+7+8+6+4)+(4+6+5+5+4+6+4+2+3+7+7+9)=
(3+8) + (6+2) = (1+1)+(8) = 1+0 = 1


Breathing huge sigh of relief, Kurumi set down her quill. At least now she knew that she was correct in her original calculations!
Oh this girl was panicking! Such a young, overachieving mind; much like Fina when she was younger. The girl's worries got the best of her as she set to reworking her calculations. "No, you're not wrong, as you can see, it makes no difference, but I personally find it easier and less room for error if you simplify each name down to a single digit before adding them together. Smaller numbers are much easier to work with, wouldn't you agree?"

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Originally Posted by Canoir Greengrass (Post 9914071)
Freya let out a small sighed, she never good at juggling numbers. She took out piece of parchment and a quill from her back before she began scribing her Pythagorean and Telephone Number. "Better be done with it then" she muttered to herself.

SPOILER!!: Pythagorean Number System

1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Freya Raven Salvatore

F-R-E-Y-A R-A-V-E-N S-A-L-V-A-T-O-R-E
6-9-5-7-1 9-1-4-5-5 1-1-3-4-1-2-6-9-3

(6+9+5+7+1) + (9+1+4+5+5) + (1+1+3+4+1+2+6+9+3)
(2+8) + (2+4) + (3+0)
(1+0) + 6 + 3
1 + 6 + 3
1 + 1
= 2


SPOILER!!: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

Freya Raven Salvatore

F-R-E-Y-A R-A-V-E-N S-A-L-V-A-T-O-R-E
3-7-3-9-2 7-2-8-3-6 7-2-5-8-2-8-6-7-3

(3+7+3+9+2) + (7+2+8+3+6) + (7+2+5+8+2+6+7+3)
(2+4) + (2+6) + (4+0)
6 + 8 + 4
1+6
= 7
Blatant errors that stood out on the page, like this particular Slytherin's work. "My dear! Your calculations are soooo very close to being correct, except on both systems, you misadded the final numbers. Take the first one for instance, you added 1, 6, and 3, which does in fact equal 10, not 11. Good effort though just be sure to pay attention to details throughout the whole calculation not just the beginning."

Quote:
Originally Posted by mellamaet (Post 9916336)
Cass hadn't been paying any attention to the class....she felt terribly about it...she just wasn't feeling like herself lately. Then she noticed that her classmates started writing on their parchments, so that would mean there was an activity. She looked up from her own blank piece of parchment and saw that there was an example of the activity on the board. She sighed softly before reaching for her quill.

SPOILER!!: parchment

Ara Cassandra Prewett


Pythagorean System


ARACASSANDRAPREWETT
(1+9+1)+(3+1+1+1+1+5+4+9+1)+(7+9+5+5+5+2+2)
11+29+35
7+1
8

Telephone System


ARACASSANDRAPREWETT
(2+7+2)+(2+2+7+7+2+6+3+7+2)+(7+7+3+9+3+8+8)
11+38+45
9+4
1+3
4
Another who failed to pay attention to those finer details, but this one unlike Kurumi, added wrongly of those big numbers. At least with the Pythagorean System, which was technically speaking, the more important one.

"As I've suggested to one of your fellow students, Miss Prewett, it is advisable to reduce the numbers from each name down to a single digit before adding them together. It doesn't appear to make a difference, but the numbers are easier to work with and less room for addition errors, as seen in your Pythagorean calculation." Fina explained to the girl. "Please check your addition on that particular system especially, as I think you'll find the number to be incorrect. Good work otherwise though"

Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger (Post 9916363)
As they started the arithmancy discussion, Grayson had started sort of doodling in her notes. Not to the extent that she wasn't paying attention, but at least she was doing something. And besides, she somewhat knew about the expression number and all that. From reading, and getting bored enough to do random calculations. But a faint grin had crept onto her face at Salander's question about what they needed to use name-wise. Oh, she knew where that had come from, even if it seemed Professor Hadley didn't. Or the professor just didn't care. Either way it was amusing to her, and reminded her of violins again.

But then they were really officially expected to do their own calculations, and she let herself get back to a more serious mode. And flipped to a clean sheet of paper. No need to use her doodled paper for this, especially if her work would be examined at some point. Then she started scribbling.

SPOILER!!: notes/calculations
Expression Number:
Pythagorean system:

GRAYSON MELINDA KELLY
7917165 4539541 25337

(7+9+1+7+1+6+5) + (4+5+3+9+5+4+1) + (2+5+3+3+7)
36 + 31 + 20
(3+6) + (3+1) + (2+0)
9 + 4 + 2
15
(1+5)
6


Telephone system:
2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

GRAYSON MELINDA KELLY
4729766 6354632 53559

(4+7+2+9+7+6+6) + (6+3+5+4+6+3+2) + (5+3+5+5+9)
41 + 29 + 27
(4+1) + (2+9) + (2+7)
5 + 11 + 9
5 + (1+1) + 9
5 + 2 + 9
16
(1 + 6)
7


As she finished, she raised her hand. "Professor Hadley? Do master numbers count with the telephone system?" if she wasn't mistaken, eleven was one of those, and she definitely had an eleven in there.
Ah Ravenclaws; Josephina was sure that the fourth year had a number of questions turning in her brain - like what was the point of doing this with the telephone number system? Or does this even matter? But that wasn't the question that was asked.

"Miss Kelly," Fina addressed, mostly to bide her time with creating a thoughtful answer. "Master numbers are only of relevance if it is the number before directly before you reduce to a single digit. For instance, the number eleven needs to appear right before you reduce to the final answer. If it is just one of the components in one name, then it bears no significance and is just, ultimately, another number."

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snape'sGirlThru&Thru (Post 9917172)
So...calculations time with not one but two number systems. Well this would be interesting, wouldn't it? Vashti wondered briefly what her numbers would end up being and if it was possible to get the same one for both. That'd be cool.

Picking up her quill, Vashti began working out the equations.

SPOILER!!: Vashti's parchment
Pythagorean Number System:
1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Expression Number
(V+A+S+H+T+I)+(R+A+C+H+E+L+L+E)+(G+R+E+E+N+W+E+L+L )
(4+1+1+8+2+9)+(9+1+3+8+5+3+3+5)+(7+9+5+5+5+5+5+3+3 )
(25)+(37)+(47)
(2+5)+(3+7)+(4+7)
(7)+(10)+(11)
7+(1+0)+(1+1)
7+1+2
10
1+0
1

Expr. Num. Using Pyth. Num. System: 1

Telephone Number System:
2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

Expression Number
(V+A+S+H+T+I)+(R+A+C+H+E+L+L+E)+(G+R+E+E+N+W+E+L+L )
(8+2+7+4+8+4)+(7+2+2+4+3+5+5+3)+(4+7+3+3+6+9+3+5+5 )
(33)+(31)+(45)
(3+3)+(3+1)+(4+5)
(9)+(4)+(9)
22
2+2
4

Expr. Num. Using Tel. Num. System: 4


Well, they weren't the same. Not that she'd really expected them to be, but it would've been neat if they were, wouldn't it? Vashti set her quill down, waiting for whatever they would be doing next.
Continuing onto the next girl, Josephina nodded in approval. "Good work, Miss Greenwell" Not that she expected much different; the girl usually had fared nicely in her class - even last term.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 9918252)
Ok, that took a while....

Salander finally looked up from his parchment, trying to squeeze the creak out of his neck. It took that long to finish writing his name as stated on his birth certificate, coding them into the respective number system, adding and reducing the numbers down as the Professor requested.

He looked to Grayson's question and raised a weary hand "Same question here Professor. I've had 11 come up several times, and in the Pythagorean system, the final sum was 11 as well, unless you want us to reduce it further to 2? "

SPOILER!!: Salander's parchment, brace yourself ;)

Pythagorean System

S T R A D I V A R I U S
1+2+9+1+4+9+4+1+9+9+3+1= 53

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72
A S T O R
1+1+2+6+9= 10

S A L A N D E R
1+1+3+1+5+4+5+9= 29

[5+3] + [7+2] + [7+2] + [1+0] + [2+9]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[1+1]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[2]
[2+9]
= 11
OR [1+1]
= 2




Telephone System:
S T R A D I V A R I U S
7+8+7+2+3+4+8+2+7+4+8+7= 67

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62
A S T O R
2+7+8+6+7= 30

S A L A N D E R
7+2+5+2+6+3+3+7= 35

[6+7]+ [6+2] + [6+2] + [3+0] + [3+5]
[1+3] + [8] + [8]+ [3] + [8]
4+8+8+3+8 = 31
3+1
= 4
Oh it was that Slytherin Boy again, who seemed to have a similar question as Miss Kelly. Hoping he was listening to her response to Grayson, she looked over the work, eyes bulging at the length of his name. No wonder some kids didn't like Arithmancy; if she had a name like that, well no scratch that, she would probably still like it. But she could definitely understand frustrations about how time-consuming it was... And ...

"Like I've said to Miss Kelly, the number 11 only matters when it comes as the final sum. So you should present your answer as eleven slash two, because it is significant, particular for the core numbers to get a master number for your final sum, as your interpretation will read different from just an ordinary two."

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles (Post 9919161)
Erg. Legend wanted to bang his head agaisnt the desk, or a wall. ANYTHING really. The fifth year resisted the urge though and picked up his quill. He swore that Hadley was doing this JUST to annoy him.

SPOILER!!: Pythagorean Number System


1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9
A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H----I
J---K---L---M---N---O---P---Q---R
S---T---U---V---W---X---Y---Z

Lysander Jedidiah Hayden Shiloh Merric Chosen

L-Y-S-A-N-D-E-R
3-7-1-1-5-4-5-9

J-E-D-I-D-I-A-H
1-5-4-9-4-9-1-8

H-A-Y-D-E-N
8-1-7-4-5-5

S-H-I-L-O-H
1-8-9-3-6-8

M-E-R-R-I-C
4-5-9-9-9-3

C-H-O-S-E-N
3-8-6-1-5-5

(3+7+1+1+5+4+5+9) + (1+5+4+9+4+9+1+8) + (8+1+7+4+5+5) + (1+8+9+3+6+8) + (4+5+9+9+9+3) + (3+8+6+1+5+5)

(3+5) + (4+1) + (3+0) + (3+5) + (3+9) + (2+8)
8 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 12 + 10
8 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 1
2 + 5
= 7



SPOILER!!: Telephone Number System

2 = abc
3 = def
4 = ghi
5 = jkl
6 = mno
7 = pqrs
8 = tuv
9 = wxyz

L-Y-S-A-N-D-E-R
5-9-7-2-6-3-3-7

J-E-D-I-D-I-A-H
5-3-3-4-3-4-2-4

H-A-Y-D-E-N
4-2-9-3-3-6

S-H-I-L-O-H
7-4-4-5-6-4

M-E-R-R-I-C
6-3-7-7-4-2

C-H-O-S-E-N
2-4-6-7-3-6

(5+9+7+2-6+3+3+7) + (5+3+3+4+3+4+2+4) + (4+2+9+3+3+6) + (7+4+4+5+6+4) + (6+3+7+7+4+2) + (2+4+6+7+3+6 )

(4+2) + (2+8) + (2+7) + (3+0) + (2+9) + (2+8)
6 + 10 + 9 + 3 + 11 + 10
6 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 1
=22
= 4


THERE done. FINALLY. Legend rested his head agaisnt the desk. He didn't care if people had finished way before him. LOOOK what he had to do. The Gryffindor didn't even care if some stuff were wrong.
Josephina had to admit she was surprised to see Legend Chosen attempting the calculations; especially after he had tried to coerce her into giving him a slide on doing pretty much any sort of work. Overlooking his calculations, she understood why. Six names, true, but they were all short, minus the first two names. But even they weren't as long as Salander's name who had FIVE names and pretty much all were long, and yet Salander wasn't complaining and his calculations were correct.

"Mr Chosen . . ." She began, making it seem like she was displeased. Which she was, sort of, that he was complaining, when he had little to complain over compared to Salander. Perhaps the two could partner when it was necessary to do some calculations in the future? "I am impressed, first of all. And secondly, in the Pythagorean calculation, on your fourth name, you've made a minor error, as it should be 8, not 5. The extra 3 point difference would bring the final sum to 28, which makes your number a 1." Which actually, from her memory, fit nicely with what Katie had said in her office about him wanting to be king... Or in other words, a leader.


Moving on though, Josephina glanced sideways at the clock. OH NOES! They've ran over the time limit for the lesson! "Sorry to disappoint you all," she looked over at her colleague, Professor Zookara for a moment before turning back and continuing. "But unfortunately we are out of time and the lesson has to draw to a close. Lucky for you guys too, we've decided to NOT give you any homework. However the material presented to you in this lesson is fair game for either the Muggle Studies or Arithmancy final, so don't throw away those notes. Class dismissed."

mellamaet 11-08-2010 02:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9921883)
Another who failed to pay attention to those finer details, but this one unlike Kurumi, added wrongly of those big numbers. At least with the Pythagorean System, which was technically speaking, the more important one.

"As I've suggested to one of your fellow students, Miss Prewett, it is advisable to reduce the numbers from each name down to a single digit before adding them together. It doesn't appear to make a difference, but the numbers are easier to work with and less room for addition errors, as seen in your Pythagorean calculation." Fina explained to the girl. "Please check your addition on that particular system especially, as I think you'll find the number to be incorrect. Good work otherwise though"
Cass sighed mentally. Of course she was wrong. She and numbers didn't go together and it would be silly to pretend otherwise...but she wanted to pass this class, so even if it took a million tries, she was going to get this right. So without another word, she set aside the parchment with the wrong answers and brought out a new one to start on a new set of numbers.

SPOILER!!: Cass' Pythagorean method try 2

Pythagorean Method


ARA CASSANDRA PREWETT
A-R-A C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A P-R-E-W-E-T-T
1+9+1 3+1+1+1+1+5+4+9+1 7+9+5+5+5+2+2

(1+9+1) + (3+1+1+1+1+5+4+9+1) + (7+9+5+5+5+2+2)
(1+1) + (2+6) + (3+5)
2+8+8
1+8
9


Cass looked down on her paper and noticed that it was only bigger by one. her previous answer was 8 and now it was 9. She hoped she was right this time.

Then she looked down once again on her parchment and decided that she should also redo her telephone method. So she dipped her quill into her pot of ink once again and bent low over her parchment.

SPOILER!!: Cass' telephone method try 2

Telephone Method

Ara Cassandra Prewett

A-R-A C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A P-R-E-W-E-T-T
(2+7+2) + (2+2+7+7+2+6+3+7+2) + (7+7+3+9+3+8+8)

(1+1) + (3+8) + (4+5)
2+ (1+1) +9
2 + 2 + 9
1+3
4


When Cass had finished, she was surprised when she saw that she had come up with the same number as her previous answer. "Well, my answer was probably right the first time, or I'm wrong again the second time." She said to herself as she placed her quill back into the ink well. Oh well. Here goes nothing.

Steelsheen 11-08-2010 08:53 AM
SPOILER!!: ze Numberz Profezzah
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9921883)

Oh it was that Slytherin Boy again, who seemed to have a similar question as Miss Kelly. Hoping he was listening to her response to Grayson, she looked over the work, eyes bulging at the length of his name. No wonder some kids didn't like Arithmancy; if she had a name like that, well no scratch that, she would probably still like it. But she could definitely understand frustrations about how time-consuming it was... And ...

"Like I've said to Miss Kelly, the number 11 only matters when it comes as the final sum. So you should present your answer as eleven slash two, because it is significant, particular for the core numbers to get a master number for your final sum, as your interpretation will read different from just an ordinary two."


Moving on though, Josephina glanced sideways at the clock. OH NOES! They've ran over the time limit for the lesson! "Sorry to disappoint you all," she looked over at her colleague, Professor Zookara for a moment before turning back and continuing. "But unfortunately we are out of time and the lesson has to draw to a close. Lucky for you guys too, we've decided to NOT give you any homework. However the material presented to you in this lesson is fair game for either the Muggle Studies or Arithmancy final, so don't throw away those notes. Class dismissed."


Salander studied his parchment carefully as the Professor explained his results "Alright, I'll make the corrections. Thanks Professor." He scratched out and added in the slight corrections on his parchment, looking it over once he was done Hmm, so 11 is as "significant" number?.... maybe I should crack that book open, see what thats all about.
SPOILER!!: Salander's parchment

Pythagorean System

S T R A D I V A R I U S
1+2+9+1+4+9+4+1+9+9+3+1= 53

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72
A S T O R
1+1+2+6+9= 10

S A L A N D E R
1+1+3+1+5+4+5+9= 29

[5+3] + [7+2] + [7+2] + [1+0] + [2+9]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[1+1]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[2]
[2+9]
= 11
OR [1+1]
= 2

= 11 / 2




Telephone System:
S T R A D I V A R I U S
7+8+7+2+3+4+8+2+7+4+8+7= 67

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62
A S T O R
2+7+8+6+7= 30

S A L A N D E R
7+2+5+2+6+3+3+7= 35

[6+7]+ [6+2] + [6+2] + [3+0] + [3+5]
[1+3] + [8] + [8]+ [3] + [8]
4+8+8+3+8 = 31
3+1
= 4

Then it was time to go. He scrambled to collect his things-- now a mess of parchment after the activity-- shoved them all into his messenger bag and slung it over his shoulders "Thanks for the lesson Professor." he said over his shoulder and left the room.

Lislchen 11-08-2010 12:25 PM
Baii studentsies. <3
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9921883)
Moving on though, Josephina glanced sideways at the clock. OH NOES! They've ran over the time limit for the lesson! "Sorry to disappoint you all," she looked over at her colleague, Professor Zookara for a moment before turning back and continuing. "But unfortunately we are out of time and the lesson has to draw to a close. Lucky for you guys too, we've decided to NOT give you any homework. However the material presented to you in this lesson is fair game for either the Muggle Studies or Arithmancy final, so don't throw away those notes. Class dismissed."
Jeremy had been so occupied with watching Fina the students working on their assignments that he completely lost track of time. It wasn't until Fina mentioned it that he glanced at the clock himself, and realized with a small start that the lessson should have ended a while ago. Oops. Oh well, nobody seemed to have noticed and/or complained.

Getting up from his seat, the 33 year old went to stand next to his colleague with a smile on his face. Shame class was over already.

mellamaet 11-09-2010 01:57 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Orchideae (Post 9921883)
Moving on though, Josephina glanced sideways at the clock. OH NOES! They've ran over the time limit for the lesson! "Sorry to disappoint you all," she looked over at her colleague, Professor Zookara for a moment before turning back and continuing. "But unfortunately we are out of time and the lesson has to draw to a close. Lucky for you guys too, we've decided to NOT give you any homework. However the material presented to you in this lesson is fair game for either the Muggle Studies or Arithmancy final, so don't throw away those notes. Class dismissed."
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9923831)
Jeremy had been so occupied with watching Fina the students working on their assignments that he completely lost track of time. It wasn't until Fina mentioned it that he glanced at the clock himself, and realized with a small start that the lessson should have ended a while ago. Oops. Oh well, nobody seemed to have noticed and/or complained.

Getting up from his seat, the 33 year old went to stand next to his colleague with a smile on his face. Shame class was over already.
Cass looked up from her parchment when the professor said that class was over. She collected her things, stuffed them inside her bag and slung it over her shoulder. Then she stood up and walked towards the teachers and said "Good Bye Professors" then she continued her walk towards the door

PhoenixRising 11-09-2010 02:09 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mellamaet (Post 9923238)
Cass sighed mentally. Of course she was wrong. She and numbers didn't go together and it would be silly to pretend otherwise...but she wanted to pass this class, so even if it took a million tries, she was going to get this right. So without another word, she set aside the parchment with the wrong answers and brought out a new one to start on a new set of numbers.

SPOILER!!: Cass' Pythagorean method try 2

Pythagorean Method


ARA CASSANDRA PREWETT
A-R-A C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A P-R-E-W-E-T-T
1+9+1 3+1+1+1+1+5+4+9+1 7+9+5+5+5+2+2

(1+9+1) + (3+1+1+1+1+5+4+9+1) + (7+9+5+5+5+2+2)
(1+1) + (2+6) + (3+5)
2+8+8
1+8
9


Cass looked down on her paper and noticed that it was only bigger by one. her previous answer was 8 and now it was 9. She hoped she was right this time.

Then she looked down once again on her parchment and decided that she should also redo her telephone method. So she dipped her quill into her pot of ink once again and bent low over her parchment.

SPOILER!!: Cass' telephone method try 2

Telephone Method

Ara Cassandra Prewett

A-R-A C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A P-R-E-W-E-T-T
(2+7+2) + (2+2+7+7+2+6+3+7+2) + (7+7+3+9+3+8+8)

(1+1) + (3+8) + (4+5)
2+ (1+1) +9
2 + 2 + 9
1+3
4


When Cass had finished, she was surprised when she saw that she had come up with the same number as her previous answer. "Well, my answer was probably right the first time, or I'm wrong again the second time." She said to herself as she placed her quill back into the ink well. Oh well. Here goes nothing.
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Originally Posted by mellamaet (Post 9925804)
Cass looked up from her parchment when the professor said that class was over. She collected her things, stuffed them inside her bag and slung it over her shoulder. Then she stood up and walked towards the teachers and said "Good Bye Professors" then she continued her walk towards the door
Hearing the girl mutter about being right the first time, Josephina nodded; she was correct on the second problem. "Much better," She replied in satisfaction of the girl's work. "It's just minor attention to details, but nothing I'd really stress yourself over. It takes time and practice." Something she had many years of; "Good day, Miss Prewett"

Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 9923649)

Salander studied his parchment carefully as the Professor explained his results "Alright, I'll make the corrections. Thanks Professor." He scratched out and added in the slight corrections on his parchment, looking it over once he was done Hmm, so 11 is as "significant" number?.... maybe I should crack that book open, see what thats all about.
SPOILER!!: Salander's parchment

Pythagorean System

S T R A D I V A R I U S
1+2+9+1+4+9+4+1+9+9+3+1= 53

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72

S C H E R M E R H O R N
1+3+8+5+9+4+5+9+8+6+9+5= 72
A S T O R
1+1+2+6+9= 10

S A L A N D E R
1+1+3+1+5+4+5+9= 29

[5+3] + [7+2] + [7+2] + [1+0] + [2+9]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[1+1]
[8]+[9]+[9]+[1]+[2]
[2+9]
= 11
OR [1+1]
= 2

= 11 / 2




Telephone System:
S T R A D I V A R I U S
7+8+7+2+3+4+8+2+7+4+8+7= 67

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62

S C H E R M E R H O R N
7+2+4+3+7+6+3+7+4+6+7+6= 62
A S T O R
2+7+8+6+7= 30

S A L A N D E R
7+2+5+2+6+3+3+7= 35

[6+7]+ [6+2] + [6+2] + [3+0] + [3+5]
[1+3] + [8] + [8]+ [3] + [8]
4+8+8+3+8 = 31
3+1
= 4

Then it was time to go. He scrambled to collect his things-- now a mess of parchment after the activity-- shoved them all into his messenger bag and slung it over his shoulders "Thanks for the lesson Professor." he said over his shoulder and left the room.
Aw, this kid was kinda sweet! For such a long name, he was rather sweet and patient with the subject. "Not a problem! Have a good one," Fina replied after him.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lislchen (Post 9923831)
Jeremy had been so occupied with watching Fina the students working on their assignments that he completely lost track of time. It wasn't until Fina mentioned it that he glanced at the clock himself, and realized with a small start that the lessson should have ended a while ago. Oops. Oh well, nobody seemed to have noticed and/or complained.

Getting up from his seat, the 33 year old went to stand next to his colleague with a smile on his face. Shame class was over already.
And what in the name of Merlin was Professor Zookara smiling like that about? Honestly, no one ever smiled like that unless they had flatulence issues... Which was possible, but seriously? Must he show it off? Shaking her head at him, she stifled a chuckle as the students filed from the room. Edging closer to him, she whispered at him, "What's so funny, Jere?" Cause she liked jokes too.

leridanusws 11-10-2010 04:56 PM
Okay this should be simple it's only addition Lila thought as she began to write.

Quote:
Pythagorean
Lillian Eridanus Weasley-Schleck
(3+9+3+3+9+1+5)+(5+9+9+4+1+5+3+1)+(5+5+1+1+3+5+7+1 +3+8+3+5+3+2)
(33)+(37)+(52)
(6)+(10)+(7)
6+1+7
14
1+4=5

Telephone
Lillian Eridanus Weasley-Schleck
(5+4+5+5+4+2+6)+(3+7+4+3+2+6+8+7)+(9+3+2+7+5+3+9+7 +2+4+5+3+2+5)
(31)+(40)+(66)
(4)+(4)+(12)
4+4+3
11
1+1=2


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