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Converting
the Date to the Day of the Year
(Problem One)
James H. Grey
jgrey@northstar.k12.ak.us
MS
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Standards:
Numeration, Measurement, and Estimation and
Computation.
Performance
Standards:
A1.3.2, A1.3.4, A2.4.2, A3.4.5
Concepts:
Unit Conversion.
Carnegie
Chapter:
Number Patterns.
Overview:
Focusing on converting units. This material will be used in later
problems.
Converting the
Date to the Day of the Year
Problem One
Answer the
questions below using complete sentences.
January 1 is day 1,
January 26 is day 26, and February 1 is day 32 in the calendar
year.
1a. What day of the
calendar year is January 4?
b.
February 15?
c. March
15?
d. July
4?
2a. What date is
the 17th day of the year?
b. What
date is day 29?
c.
What date is day 67?
3a. What would day
-2 signify?
b. What
about day 370?
4. Using the
attached calendar, label every 5th day with its
corresponding day of the year.
a.
Describe any difficulties that you may have had doing this.
b.
Describe your strategy.
Be sure to
save your completed calendar for later problems.
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