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He was abducted by Hagrid when he turned 11 so that would place him maybe around the fifth or sixth grade.

I don't know if canonically there are math classes at Hogwarts.


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[–] [email protected] 87 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (13 children)

I mean, the very existence of magic kind of nullifies the concept of math as a means to ascertain objective fact.

What good is 2+2 when 2 eyes of newt plus 2 legs of frog leads to random quantities of dancing forks with literally no respect as to the how because magic?

Math can't quantify a world where physical laws are replaced by literal nonsense, and if math could ultimately explain the mechanics of magic and predict the outcomes of its applications, the magic wouldn't be magic anymore, it would just be another great force of the universe like gravity or electromagnetism to be mapped by the scientific community.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (12 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So that would put him only a couple years ahead of most republicans

They have arithmancy but Harry never took it AFAIK

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago (4 children)

To be fair, I suspect the average adult in real life probably only remembers, and uses, 5th grade math.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Facts

Source: self

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lol. I don’t remember a single math, English or any other class mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There was Arithmancy, the Harry Potter wiki says that it was using numbers to predict the future. It was an elective and Harry didn't take it.

The only other class that would have had math would be Astronomy, which was a required class for all students. The students are required to make star charts and such... Seems like rote memorization was the only thing taught. The wink says that the end of year 5 tests was filling in a blank star chart from memory.

They might get some English pointers in the dozens of essays they wrote, but since essays are graded on the length of the scroll... it becomes questionable.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I think you're right. They probably don't know math. I mean, what would they need it for? They probably don't have to follow the laws of physics for the most part. If math is done it's probably 100% recreational.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Something like increasing quantites for lake more potions .

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Isn't arithmetic a class in Hogwarts and just a fancy word for maths (not a native speaker)? I think only Hermione takes it though and it's only mentioned in the books.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

~~arithmetic~~ arithmancy
source :
Arithmancy | Harry Potter Wiki
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Arithmancy

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I'm sure Hogwarts also covered general education stuff but that would be boring to us so they focused on the magic stuff. That's my theory though.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (9 children)

They literally go through the class schedule in each book. General studies are not in it.

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[–] [email protected] 203 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I mean, there must be a reason why wizards are constantly perplexed by muggle technology.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I'm not familiar with the series, what's muggle technology?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Non-magical people's tech. Aka our technology.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Non magical people living in the real world. It's you. You're a muggle.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Muggles is wizard slang for non-magical human beings. Like Darren on Bewitched would be a muggle. He cooks his food using an oven instead of magic. The oven is muggle tech.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (18 children)

could hogwarts defeng itself against modern weapons? like missils and shit?

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[–] [email protected] 134 points 9 months ago

And why goblins have to do their accounting for them.

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