1. Fun with dates and calendars

2. Here is a calendar showing the month of January, 2010
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Depending on where you live, you might write the marked date of January 9, 2010, differently.

3. Writing dates
In Europe, people write that date: Day / Month / Year, or 9/1/2010
In the United States, people write the date: Month / Day / Year, or 1/9/2010
In some other places, people write the date: Year / Month /Day, or 2010/1/9
Some places measure years differently. For example, in Japan, this date would also be the 22nd Heisei year, 1st month, 9th day:

4. Samantha uses a red star on her calendar for days she has dance practice. How would you write the date with the red star?
2010/3/5
March 2010
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
3/5/2010
5/3/2010

5. Ali has soccer games on days marked with the red star
Ali has soccer games on days marked with the red star. Write out the dates that are marked.
September 2010
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October 2008
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

6. Which of the calendars below has a red star on the date 2/12/2010?
February 2010 Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
December 2010 Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31