Read a calendar

The question
October SunMonTueWedThuFriSat12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 1 Date of the second Monday? 2 How many Thursdays? 3 Date of the third Wednesday? 4 What day is the 23rd? 5 How many Tuesdays? 6 Date of the second Friday?

Read the calendar

How it works.

a column =one weekday
one row down =seven days later
the column, then down it
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  1. 01

    A calendar is columns, not rows. Every date in one column falls on the SAME weekday, so dates a week apart sit directly above and below each other — the 3rd, the 10th, the 17th.

  2. 02

    Date of the second Monday? Two steps, and in this order: find the column with that weekday at its head, then count DOWN it — first, second, third — rather than hunting through the dates.

  3. 03

    That lands on the 9th.