Arithmacy

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 14649

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> 
> The thing that threw me though was that Hermione said "It was my 
> father's favorite subject." But her parents are both Muggles, 
right??

Where does she say this? I must have missed it.

You know, this whole business of 17 Sickles to the Galleon etc. 
sounds so complicated to use in daily trade, I wonder that they don't 
need some sort of math training just to make change! Or is that 
somehow inherent with magic-ness, since even Hagrid (who is no great 
brain) considers it to be "simple"?

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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