Calendars and the counting of years
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Which centuries do your birth year and your parents’ and grandfather’s birth years belong to? Write them in Roman numerals.
For example: 2015 — XXI century, 1985 — XX century.
2
How many days are there in 400 years of the Gregorian calendar? Show your working.
146097
3
The Egyptian calendar year had 365 days; the real year is 365 days 6 hours. How many days of error build up in 8 years?
2
4
Arrange the dates 776 BCE, 46 BCE, 622 CE and 1582 CE from oldest to newest.
776 BCE, 46 BCE, 622 CE, 1582 CE.
5
Find the muchal animal of your birth year and compare it with those of your family members.
Free answer; use the 12-year cycle and the order of animals.