2006-09-30 11:27:25 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
its a scottish bank holiday.
they are very greedy over there.
2006-09-30 11:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I think the answer should be pretty abvious then. Its 52 weeks plus one day. well actually, its 52 weeks and 1.25 days, this is why we have a leap year every four years, when the quarter a day adds up to one whole day. Its all to do with the Gregorian calendar, the Roman who first put it together was Aloysius Lilius. The reason for inventing this calendar was to modify the existing Julian calendar which was slightly too long causing the vernal equinox to slowly drift backwards. Furthemore, because easter was calculated using the movement of the moon, this would also grow in error as well. The Gregorian calendar was calculated to repeat completely every 400 years, which is 146,097 days and 20871 seven day weeks. Of those 400 years, 303 have 365 days and 97 have 366 which gives an average of 365.2425 days
2006-09-30 12:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by MC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever noticed that your own birthday advances 1 day every year? And that it advances 2 days if there is a leap day in between? This 1 day advance per year has a simple cause: a year has 52 weeks plus 1 day, since 52 x 7 = 364. That one day (plus an extra day every leap year) is precisely the advance that your birthday or any date makes every year.
2006-09-30 11:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
It comes because there is actually only 23 hrs and 56 mins in a day. If you take 4 mins (til 24 hrs) times 364 days it equals 1456. Then if you divide 1456 extra mins from the year and divide it by 60 mins you get 24 and 1/4. That explains the extra day and the 1/4 of the day for leap year.
2006-09-30 11:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not intended to be exact. Also, the leap day is irrelevant to this particular question. Leap day is due to the amount of time it actually takes for the earth to revolve around the sun, which is 365 1/4 days. We just say there's 52 weeks a year because it's approximately true.
2006-09-30 11:37:36 · answer #5 · answered by James L 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think you've caused real confusion with your question. There are 365 days in the normal year because it takes 365 and a quarter days for the Earth to fully circle the sun. We cannot have a quarter of one day in one year and the other 3 quarters in another year, so they leave it at 365 for 3 years and then insert an additional day to make up for the additional day in a leap year. The extra day you are talking about is because although there are 52 weeks in the year, the planet still takes 365 and a quarter days to circle the sun.
2006-09-30 11:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by Wendy M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This happens because it actually takes 364 1/4 days for the earth to go round the sun so every 4 years we add a day to make up the difference.
2006-09-30 11:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by Rosalind 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually there are 364 and 1/4 days in a year, which explains the leap year every four years.
2006-09-30 11:34:54 · answer #8 · answered by SmileyGirl 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's actually 364 or 365 and one quarter or something, then we have a nice little leap year every 4 years to make up for it.
2006-09-30 11:35:43 · answer #9 · answered by pippynip 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i love this question
i added up all the days just to check
very sad
there are 365 days defo so that must mean the there really are 52 weeks plus one.
The leap year has nothing to do with it, thats wen its 366 days :-)
2006-09-30 11:34:30 · answer #10 · answered by littledear 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Remember the rhyme? 30 days have September, April, June and November...
4 months with 30 days
1 month with 28
7 months with 31
4x30=120
+28
7x31=217
120
+ 28
+217
_____
365
2006-09-30 19:32:57 · answer #11 · answered by s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋