BMAD Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Which day of the week, Saturday or Sunday, appears more often as the first day of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) Short answer: SUNDAY. Longer answer: Obviously it depends on your time constraint...but I assume you just mean "over all of time (after the Gregorian Calendar was established)" Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday will start the year more often than any other days (and equally so). Then Wednesday and Thursday...and finally Monday and Saturday. For example: over 10,000 years: Sunday - 1450 Monday - 1400 Tuesday - 1450 Wednesday - 1425 Thursday - 1425 Friday - 1450 Saturday - 1400 and over 100,000 years: Sunday - 14500 Monday - 14000 Tuesday - 14500 Wednesday - 14250 Thursday - 14250 Friday - 14500 Saturday - 14000 Obviously this is due to the 365 days per year means every year the starting day shifts by 1...except every 4 years it shifts by 2...except every 100 years it shifts back one...and then every 400 it moves ahead one...I could go into the math to really prove everything out...but I'll leave that for someone else... Neat puzzle...very simple question that was fun to solve. Edited July 3, 2013 by Pickett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Which day of the week, Saturday or Sunday, appears more often as the first day of the year?
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