1291

High school (ages 12+)
Mathematics & Numbers

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1291

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the calendar system?Julian calendar
2. What is the year designation?Common year
3. What does it mean that 1291 was a "common year" in the Julian calendar?It means 1291 had 365 days, not a leap year, so February had 28 days.
4. When did the year 1291 start in terms of day of week?The year 1291 began on a Monday.

Julian Calendar: A solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar, characterized by a leap year every four years.
Common Year: A calendar year containing 365 days, lacking the extra day of a leap year.
Gregorian Calendar: The internationally accepted civil calendar, a reform of the Julian calendar, implemented in 1582.
Leap Year: A year containing 366 days, with the extra day added as February 29th to keep the calendar synchronized with the astronomical year.