Calendar and clock

Days, dates and angles between the hands of a clock.

General Test6 questions

Calendars

  • An ordinary year has 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 odd day; a leap year has 2 odd days.
  • A century year is a leap year only if divisible by 400 (2000 was, 1900 was not).
  • The same date moves forward one weekday after an ordinary year, two after a leap year.

Clocks

  • The minute hand moves 6° per minute; the hour hand moves 0.5° per minute.
  • Angle between the hands = |30H − 5.5M| degrees.
  • The hands coincide 11 times in 12 hours.

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