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Months of the year

You learn how many days each month has, with your knuckles as a guide.

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How to work it out

  1. Knuckles represent 31-day months; valleys represent 30-day months.
  2. Remember February is 28 days (29 in a leap year).
Jan31Feb28Mar31Apr30May31Jun30Jul31Aug31Sep30Oct31Nov30Dec31knuckle = 31 days · dip = 30 (Feb 28)

April

  1. Count on your knuckles: January, February, March, April.
  2. April falls in a dip.
  3. April has 30 days.
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August

  1. Count on your knuckles up to July, on the last knuckle.
  2. Start again at the first knuckle: August.
  3. August has 31 days.

February

  1. February falls in the first dip, but is the exception.
  2. February has 28 days, and 29 in a leap year.