A METHOD TO FIND OUT THE WEEK DAY FOR ANY DATE

1 week = 7 days 1 year = 365 days If we divide 365 by 7 We get 7) 365 (52 35 ____ 15 14 _____ 1 _____ So, when we divide 365 days (=1 year) by 7 we get a remainder 1 For 1 year the reminder is 1 For 100 years the remainder will be (100 *1) = 100 In 100 years the No of Leap year = 24 ___ 124 ___ If we divide 124 by 7, we get a remainder 5 7) 124 (17 7 ____ 54 49 _____ 5 _____ For 1 year the reminder = 1 For 100 years the remainder = 5 For 400 years the remainder = (4*5) = 20 (400th year is leap year, hence add 1) 1 ___ 21 ___ (100th, 200th and 300th years are not leap years, whereas 400th year is leap year) If we divide 21 by 7 we get a remainder 0 7) 21(3 21 -------0 ------If we summarize the above, For 1 year the reminder = 1 For 100 years the remainder = 5 For 400 years the remainder = 0

Example1 28-07- 1968 To find out a week day for the given year, we have to calculate remainder for the year previous to the given year. Here the given year is 1968, so we have to find out the remainder for the year 1967 We can write the year 1967 as below The remainders we get when divide by 7 (4*400) = 1600 = 4*0 = 00 = 00 (3*100) = 300 = (3*5) =15 = 01 (15/7= Quotient =2, Remainder =1) (67*1) = 67 = 04 (67/7=Quotient =9, Remainder =4) In 67 years the No leap years = 16 = 02(16/7= Quotient =2, Remainder =2) -----07 -----Remainder for the year 1967 = 07 Jan 1968 = 31 Feb 1968 = 29 (Year 1968 is a leap year) Mar 1968 = 31 Apr 1968 = 30 May 1968 = 31 Jun 1968 = 30 July 1968 = 28 ----217 ----7)217(31 217 ------0 -------If the remainder If the remainder If the remainder If the remainder If the remainder If the remainder If the remainder

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Example 2 02-12-2011 Here the given year is 2011, so we have to find out the remainder for the year 2010

We can write the year 2010 as below The remainders we get when divide by 7 (4*400)= 2000= 4*0 = 00 (10*1) = 10 = 03 (10/7=Quotient =1, Remainder =3) In 10 years the No. of leap years = 02 ----05 -----

Remainder for the year 2010= 05 Jan 2011 = 31 Feb 2011 = 28 (Year 2011 is not a leap year) Mar 2011 = 31 Apr 2011 = 30 May 2011 = 31 Jun 2011 = 30 July 2011 = 31 Aug 2011 = 31 Sept 2011 = 30 Oct 2011 = 31 Nov 2011 = 30 Dec 2011 = 02 ----341 -----

7)341(48 28 ------61 56 ------05 ------Remainder 05 = Friday