Reading a Calendar

Reading Calendar – Practice Word Problem

Three friends have two party invitations, first one on 21st December and the second one in the new year on the 3rd January.

One of the friends is very busy on the Thursday before the Christmas and will not be able to attend the party if it is on Thursday.

Another friend has other plans on the first Monday of the new year and will not be able to attend the party if it is on first Monday of the new year.

The calendar for the month of December is shown. What days are the two parties and will the three friends be able to attend the parties?

Solution

The information given is that

Based on the given information it is asked what days are the two parties and will the three friends be able to attend the parties.

The calendar for the month of December is given.

The top of the calendar shows the corresponding days, the first column corresponds to Monday, the second column corresponds to Tuesday and so on.

The last column in the calendar corresponds to Sunday.

21st of December is in the column corresponding to Wednesday.

The first party is on Wednesday the 21st of December.

Since the first party is on Wednesday, all the friends can attend this party.

The second party is on 3rd of January of the next year.

The calendar given is for the month of December and January is the next month after December.

31st December is the last day of December and it corresponds to Saturday.

That implies that the day after 31st December that is 1st January will be Sunday, 2nd January is Monday and 3rd January is Tuesday.

So the second party invite is for Tuesday, the 3rd of January.

Since the second party is on Tuesday, all the friends can attend this party.

Both the parties are on the days when all three friends can attend the party.

So, all three friends can attend both the parties.