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WorksheetsLeap Day 2016
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What day is Leap Day?
a)
Feb. 28
b)
Feb. 29
c)
March 1
d)
Feb. 20
2.
How often does Leap Day occur?
a)
every year
b)
every 2 years
c)
every 4 years
d)
every 100 years
3.
How many days will there be in 2016?
a)
365 days
b)
300 days
c)
400 days
d)
366 days
4.
Why do we have Leap Year?
a)
Because it's fun and the whole world does it.
b)
It is a tradition started in ancient Egypt.
c)
To celebrate that spring is near!
d)
So that our calendar matches up with the solar year.
5.
True or False. You can only have a Leap Year if the number of the year is divisible by 4.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The first people to think of Leap Year were from what country?
a)
Egypt
b)
America
c)
England
d)
China
7.
Which 2 months were left out of the early Roman calendar?
a)
February and March
b)
March and April
c)
December and January
d)
January and February
8.
Fill in the blank. "30 days hath September, April, June and November, All the rest have 31. Save __________, she alone hath 28 days and a score Til leap year gives her one day more."
a)
January
b)
March
c)
February
d)
December
9.
Our next leap year will be when?
a)
2018
b)
2020
c)
2022
d)
2021
10.
The chances of being born on a Leap Day are:
a)
1 out of 24
b)
1 out of 99
c)
1 out of 1,461
d)
1 out of 1 million
11.
People born on Leap Days are called:
a)
Leapfrogs
b)
Goofballs
c)
Leaplings
d)
Leap-Lips
12.
Julius Caesar, the ancient Roman ruler, introduced the first leap day back what year?
a)
45 BCE
b)
50 BCE
c)
1 AD
d)
1800 AD
13.
If you were born in 2004, your actual age may be 12, but what is your leap year age?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
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