November 22

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/november-22

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 leap year day number?In a leap year, November 22 is the 327th day
2. What is the temporal proximity to year-end?There are 39 days remaining in the year following November 22
3. How many days are left in the year after November 22?There are 39 days left until the year ends.
4. Why is November 22 special in history?Many important events, like the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, happened on this date.

Gregorian calendar: The internationally adopted civil calendar, a solar calendar that regulates days for the most part according to the tropical year.
Leap year: A year containing an extra day (February 29), occurring every four years to correct the calendar's drift relative to the Earth's orbit.
Tropical year: The time it takes for the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun relative to the seasons, approximately 365.2422 days.