Does Harry Potter only know fifth grade math?

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

Hermione mentioned in the first book that wizards tend to absolutely suck at things that are typically Muggle, like logic, so it follows that they probably suck at math too.

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.

"Arithmancy" is their name for math classes and is mentioned several times throughout the books. It is one of Hermione's favorite subjects.

At one point, the real world evil witch that is JK Rowling suggested that Arithmancy is like dviniation, but with math, saying they use numbers to predict the future. I take this to mean that the wizarding community discovered calculus independently from the rest of the world and mistook it for a new form of magic.

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

Who needs math when you have magic?

My wife, who is a big potter fan, told me they take traditional classes as well, but they are shown off screen as they aren't interesting to the story.

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.

I’m just over here chuckling at your casual statement that Hagrid abducted Harry.

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

They have arithmancy but Harry never took it AFAIK

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.

arithmancy - which is pseudomaths in a sense....

Most of us only know 5th grade math

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.

YEAH! Where's the book where he just does algebra and other boring shit for 300 pages.

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I would trade maths knowledge for actual magic every single time. Maths basically was invented because of money & land, and that’s basically irrelevant with magic. Don’t need acres of land if you can have multiple wildlife reservations inside of a suitcase.

It’s honestly one of the best things about Harry Potter series: it leaves as much muggle crap out of it as possible.

Wizards don't need math. They can just use magic like a calculator, but cooler.

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I don't remember where the books said it, but I remember them saying that they go to school before hogwarts the way that we go to school there just isn't magic. Harry and Hermoine talked about going to school.