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1. (a) Name the months with 30 days.

(b) Name the months with more than 30 days.

(c) Name the months with fewer than 30 days.
2. Is there a pattern that you can use to quickly say how many
days there are in any month?

3. Was 2016 a leap year? How do you know that?

4. How many public holidays were there in 2016?

Here is a list of the public holidays:

January 1 New Year’s Day June 16 Youth Day
March 21 Human Rights Day August 9 Women’s Day

March 25 Good Friday September 24 Heritage Day

March 28 Family Day December 16 Day of
Reconciliation
April 27 Freedom Day December 25 Christmas Day

May 1 Workers’ Day December 26 Day of Goodwill

5. (a) On what day of the week was Workers’ Day in 2016?

(b) 2 May is also indicated as a public holiday on the 2016
calendar but it is not in the list of public holidays above.
Why is that? Discuss with a classmate.
(c) April 27 is known as Freedom Day in South Africa. Why
is this specific day important for our nation? Find out
from someone if you do not know.

(d) Does September have a public holiday? If so, what is it
called and when is it?

6. How many months, weeks and days have passed since the
beginning of this year until today?
7. How old are you today in years, months, weeks and days?

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