Numbers  (Page 4/5)

• Encircle the date of Bonny and Tommy’s birthday on the calendar.
• Encircle today’s date as well. Now count how many days are left. (Remember that you can’t add 13 May as well.)

Write: There are __________________________________________left.

• Encircle the date on which you have your birthday. Is your birthday before or after theirs?

Write: My ___________________________________________________________

• Encircle your teacher’s birthday. Has she had her birthday already?
• Bonny and Tommy have also made a “week clock” for themselves, because the days of the week also go around and around, just like the months of the year.

• Do you know the names of the days of the week in the proper order, and can you write them correctly?

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

• Complete:

1. There are __________________________________________ days in a week.

2. There are _______________ school days (week days or work days) in a week.

3. The first day of the week is ______________________________________

4. The last day of the week is ______________________________________

5. Together these two days are called a _______________________________

• Make a * next to the day/days on which you do it:

• What do you do most in a week?__________________________________
• Which day is your busiest day?__________________________________
• Use your calendar again to fill in the day and the date:

Today it is ________________ _____ _________________.

Yesterday it was ________________ _____ _________________.

This term the school will close on _______________ ____ __________.

This year Christmas will be on _______________ _____ _______________.

• Count on the calendar:

In January this year there are ________________________________ Fridays.

In the whole year there are ____________________________________ Sundays.

Die jaar het _____________________________________________ dae.

Is it a leap year this year?_______________________________

How do you know?_________________________________________

• Solve the problems, using your own method, but show how you did it.

1. We visited our grandmother and grandfather on the farm for 3 weeks. How many days did we spend there altogether?

We were there for _________________________________________________

2. Mary was in bed with chicken pox for 2 weeks. How many school days did she miss?

She missed _________________________________________________.

3. My father drives 6 km to work every day. How many km does he drive in 1 week if he goes to work every workday?

He drives _________________________________________________

4. Bonny and Tommy play with their puppy every day of the weekend for 1 hour. How many hours have they played with him after 5 weeks?

They played _________________________________________________