CALENDAR
A calendar tells the year, month, day and date.
There are 12 months in a year. The shortest month of the year is
February.
It has either 28 or 29 days.
A year in which February has 28 days is called an ordinary year.
An ordinary year has 365 days.
A year in which February has 29 days is called a leap year.
A leap year has 366 days.
Task: Look at the calendar given and answer the following questions:
Q1.
a. Dan scheduled an
appointment to paint
Mr. Brown’s house 12 days
after July 3. What is the
date of the
appointment?
b. Tom placed an order for a pair of shoes. It takes seven days for the delivery.
If he received the parcel on July 12, when did he place the order?
c. Poppy’s Candy Shop will be closed only on Mondays. How many days would
the shop be closed this month?
d.Kenny plans to purchase a camera on the last Tuesday of this month. When
does he purchase the camera?
e. If today is July 18, Kate will fix some broken chairs in her house a week and
three days from today. When will she get the chairs fixed?
Q2.
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a. Calculate the number of days between each public holiday on the calendars
shown above. ______
b. Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. On which
date does it fall? ________
c. How many Sundays fall between Halloween day and Christmas? ________
d. What is the date three weeks and 6 days after October 23? _____
e. There are four public holidays in October, November and December. Mention
the date and month of each public holiday. ____
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Q3 Look at the following schedule When does the hula hoop contest end?
Q4.
a. Write
the date
that Allan will
get back
from Sweden.
Ans. __________________
b. Why do you think Allan is going to buy a camera?
Ans. __________________
c. Which day is Allan’s swimming session?
Ans. ______________________
d. Which day is April 26th?
Ans. _________________________
Q5.Use the calendar to answer the questions.
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1. On what day of the week does the month begin? ______________
2. Today is January 2nd. What day of the week was yesterday? ___________
3. What day of the week is January 29? ________________________
4. How many Mondays are in January? _____________________
5. How many Wednesdays are in January? _____________
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Extended Task: Pl. Assign in GC
1.The birthdays of three brothers are shown below.
Mark - March 8, 2005
Hoyte - April 17, 2003
Lee - October 25, 2009
Which correctly lists the brother's names in order from oldest to youngest?
a.Lee, Hoyte, Mark b. Lee, Mark, Hoyte c.Hoyte, Lee, Mark d. Hoyte,
Mark, Lee
2. The Kosko family are going on a 5 day vacation. If the family leaves on
Tuesday, what day of the week will they return?
Friday Sunday Monday Saturday
3. Jasmin's soccer season starts in April and ends 4 months later. During what
month does Jasmin's soccer season end?
a) July
b) August
c) September
d) December
ANSWER KEY
Q1.
a) July 15th
b) July 5th
c) 5 days
d) July 25th
a) July 28th
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Q2.
a) 28, 15, 27 days
b) October 13th
c) 8 Sundays
d) November 19th
e) Oct 13th, Nov 11th and Nov 27th Dec 25th
Q3- 10:45am
Q4.
a) 13th, April 2006
b) To take pictures on his trip to Sweden
c) Friday
d) Wednesday
Q5.
a) Tuesday
b) Tuesday
c) Tuesday
d) Four
e) Five
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Leap Year
A leap year has 366 days.
If the year is divisible by 4, then it is a leap year, otherwise not.
Eg: 2008 is divisible by 4, so it is a leap year.
2008 ÷ 4 = 502
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