2007-11-18 21:20:08 · 5 answers · asked by Sonia J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
28 exclusive or 30 inclusive. There is no "Year 0".
2007-11-18 21:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by Don Adriano 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a trick question and there are multiple answers based on what you're using "between" to indicate.
If you mean between as in the context "there's one year between 2003 and 2004," then there are 29 years between 15BC and 15AD (15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BC; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 AD).
If you mean between as in "how many numbered years are between 15AD and 15BC," the answer is 28 (14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BC; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 AD).
If you include the end dates, the answer is 30.
What the answer will never be is 31, because there is no year 0.
2007-11-19 15:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
30, it is just like measuring on a ruler. Zero is the end of the ruler.
If you measure 15 inches or centimetres on your ruler what you are doing is counting the spaces you are measuring. Zero is no inches.
After you are one inch along you count it as one inch. Now imagine two rulers butted together and you are counting from the 0 each way. Time is the same way... A lot of people get confused by it.
2007-11-19 06:25:40 · answer #3 · answered by Buke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
29 years because after 1 BC comes 1 AD, i.e. no '0'.
2007-11-19 05:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
62, they did not count the years he was alive.
2007-11-19 05:28:15 · answer #5 · answered by jesdad47 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋