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Discussion Forum : Calendar - General Questions (Q.No. 6)
6.
If 6th March, 2005 is Monday, what was the day of the week on 6th March, 2004?
Sunday
Saturday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Answer: Option
Explanation:

The year 2004 is a leap year. So, it has 2 odd days.

But, Feb 2004 not included because we are calculating from March 2004 to March 2005. So it has 1 odd day only.

The day on 6th March, 2005 will be 1 day beyond the day on 6th March, 2004.

Given that, 6th March, 2005 is Monday.

6th March, 2004 is Sunday (1 day before to 6th March, 2005).

Discussion:
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Kannaiah said:   9 years ago
Jan (1), Feb (4), Mar (4), Apr (0), May (2), Jun (5), Jul (0), Aug (3), Sep (6), Oct (1), Nov (4), Dec (6).

Weeks:

Sun (1), Mon (2), Tues (3), Wed (4), Thurs (5) Fri (6), Sat (0 or 7).

Year c: 1800-2. 1900-0. 2000-6.

6+4+4+1+6 = 21.

7)21(3 = 0.

My Answer = Saturday.

Then how it's Sunday. Please explain me.

Akshay patil said:   9 years ago
2005 - 2004 + 1 (leap year) = 2/7.
= 2 remainder.

So, back to two days and it's a Saturday.

Mathlover said:   9 years ago
Yes, its Sunday. The shortcut to remember is that after every leap year (only after Feb month) the day of the month increases by 1 then its previous year.

Eg. 6 mar 2002 - Wed => Jan1 2002-Tue.

6 mar 2003 - Thurs => Jan1 2003- Wed.

6 mar 2004 - Fri => Jan1 2004- Thu (2004 IS A LEAP YEAR).

6 mar 2005 - Sat => Jan1 2005- Sat.

Aadesh said:   9 years ago
The correct answer is Saturday and I have verified it by calender.

Sanju said:   9 years ago
I did it using different method. The correct answer is "SATURDAY".

Digvijay said:   9 years ago
Yes, I also agree the solution is Saturday.

Samyuktha said:   9 years ago
I can't understand the problem please explain me once.

DINESH said:   9 years ago
Friends, yes I agree, the answer is not Sunday it is Saturday.

Okello Henry said:   9 years ago
Saturday is the correct answer for 6 March 2004.

Sunday is correct on 6 March 2005.

So they just added 1 to confuse from Saturday to Sunday and from Sunday to Monday respectively.

Anil said:   9 years ago
Saturday is the correct answer. Because in the verified day in the original calendar.


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