Number of pupils at Hogwarts ?miscalculation?

[s.hommes at students.chem.uu.nl]

No: HPFGUIDX 30296

> Here is a mistake concerning the books that no one has picked up on 
> yet. Let's say there were 200 people in each house. That means about
> 86 people per year. Half of those would be boys, so about 43 boys 
per 
> year per house. When Harry mentions his "dorm," there are at most 7 
or 
> eight boys in his year, while, according to statistics, there should 
> be at least 40. Did I make a stupid mistake and miss something, or 
> have I made a point?
> 
> -Hannah

That's the first thing I thought when I read about the dorms. Far too 
small to house all Griffyndor boys.

I think you made a good point.

MacGyverMagic