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Calendar Puzzle

(A calendar for December is given below. Based on the calendar, answer the questions.)

(i) What day of the week is Christmas? ____________
Ans. Christmas is on December 25th. By checking a calendar for the year, we see that December 25th falls on a Thursday.

(ii) Winter break will start 4 days before Christmas eve. What is the date of the first day of the winter break? ____________
Ans. Christmas Eve is December 24th. If the winter break starts 4 days before that, we subtract 4 days from December 24th:
December 20th is the first day of winter break.

(iii) Liz is hosting a party on the Saturday between the Christmas day and New Year eve. What is the date for the party? ____________
Ans. Christmas Day is December 25th, and New Year's Eve is December 31st. The Saturday between these two days is December 27^th.

(iv) What is the date of the second Thursday of December? ____________
Ans. Date of the second Thursday of December is December 11.

(v) Which day of the week is December 30th? ____________
Ans. December 30th falls on a Tuesday.

(vi) How many Wednesdays are there in December? ____________
Ans. By looking at the calendar, we see that the Wednesdays in December are on:

• December 3rd
• December 10th
• December 17th
• December 24th
• December 31st

So, there are 5 Wednesdays in December.

(vii) How many days are in December? ____________
Ans. December has 31 days.

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

(i) The first day of the year is ____________.
(ii) The last day of the year is ____________.
(iii) A common year in the calendar has ____________ days.
(iv) December has ____________ days.
(v) The month before December is ____________.
Answers:
(i) The first day of the year is January 1st.
(ii) The last day of the year is December 31st.
(iii) A common year in the calendar has 365 days.
(iv) December has 31 days.
(v) The month before December is November.

True or False. 

(Write "True" if the statement is correct and "False" if the statement is incorrect.)

(i) There are 31 days in February. ________
(ii) July is the 7th month of the year. ________
(iii) October has 30 days. ________
(iv) March 1st is always a Sunday. ________
(v) February has fewer days in a leap year. ________

Answers: 
​(i) There are 31 days in February. False
(February typically has 28 days, 29 days in a leap year.)

(ii) July is the 7th month of the year. True
(July is the 7th month in the calendar.)

(iii) October has 30 days. True
(October has 31 days.)

(iv) March 1st is always a Sunday. False
(March 1st does not always fall on a Sunday; it changes each year.)

(v) February has fewer days in a leap year. False
(February has 29 days in a leap year, which is more than usual.)

Answer the Following

(i) If today is December 15th and you want to know the date of the 5th day after today, what is the date? _______________
Ans: The 5th day after December 15th is December 20th.

(ii) If January 1st is a Monday, which day of the week will be January 15th? _______________
Ans: January 1st is a Monday. Counting 15 days from January 1st, we find that January 15th falls on a Wednesday.

(iii) How many days are between December 1st and December 31st (inclusive)? _______________
Ans: There are 31 days between December 1st and December 31st.

Word Search Puzzle

(Look for the words related to the calendar in the grid below. The words are hidden horizontally.)

J A N U A R Y

E C D M I A C

F E B R U A R Y

M O N T H N L

D W E E K Y O

A R I I O L A

Y E A R T R D

Ans:

J A N U A R Y

E C D M I A C

F E B R U A R Y

M O N T H N L

D W E E K Y O

A R I I O L A

Y E A R T R D

 The words related to the calendar that can be found in the grid are:

• January
• February
• Month
• Week
• Year