Adams married abigail smith in 1764. Was 1764 a leap year? How do you know?
2006-09-28 11:35:00 · 11 answers · asked by nicaraguabeauty 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Yes because 1764 is divisible by 4
2006-09-28 11:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by tsihilin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A year will be a leap year if it is divisible by 4 but not by 100. If a year is divisible by 4 and by 100, it is not a leap year unless it is also divisible by 400.
Thus years such as 1996, 1992, 1988 and so on are leap years because they are divisible by 4 but not by 100. For century years, the 400 rule is important. Thus, century years 1900, 1800 and 1700 while all still divisible by 4 are also exactly divisible by 100. As they are not further divisible by 400, they are not leap years.
In October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered that ten days be subtracted from the calendar and came up with the calculation that is used today. To get the Gregorian leap year, simply do not include a leap day in a year divisible by 100 but not divisible by 400. Click Here to view a flow chart that shows how this works. Click the "Back" button in your browser to return.
For those countries that were part of it, including the American colonies, the modern leap year calculation was placed into law by an act of the British Parliament, the Calendar Act 1751. By that time, things had become so out of whack that another 11 days had to be dropped. The day after 2 September 1752 was 14 September 1752.
2006-09-28 18:40:29 · answer #2 · answered by Doug E. Doug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leap years are divisible by 4 *usually (check the website below)
1764/4=441
so yes... it is...
2006-09-28 18:37:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it was not a leap year. 2006-1764=242 / 4= 60.5 that means it was on a leap year.
2006-09-28 18:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by Rachael D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1764 was a leap year.
2006-09-28 18:38:36 · answer #5 · answered by Merrill 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Years divisible by 4 are leap years...except those tha are also divisible by 200
2006-09-28 18:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the dates he was in office and look it up to see if any of the years were a leap year.
2006-09-28 18:37:56 · answer #7 · answered by isk8 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leap year happens every 4 years. the next will be 2008. Count backwards and mark every four years and you will know.
Here is a good site
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060828152420AAKYfz7
2006-09-28 18:42:44 · answer #8 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-09-28 18:38:32 · answer #9 · answered by You Betcha! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just add the years and what ever you get the answer that is the answer
2006-09-28 18:38:17 · answer #10 · answered by Cole J 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋