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Counting days of the week – practice for Years 2–7

Sample questions on Counting days of the week with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Logic
Year
Years 2–7
Curriculum area
Deduction

Question types: What day will it be?

Rule: Counting days of the week

Every 7 days it is the same day of the week. Take whole weeks away from the number of days and count on only the rest.

Months have 30 or 31 days, February 28 (29 in a leap year). September has 30 days.

Example: Today is Monday. In 10 days: 10 = 7 + 3, so it will be Thursday.

Watch out: Don’t count today: tomorrow is in 1 day, not 2.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Today is Wednesday. What day will it be the day after tomorrow?

    1. A) Monday
    2. B) Tuesday
    3. C) Wednesday
    4. D) Friday
    5. E) Sunday
    Show the solution
    Answer: D) Friday

    How it works: Every 7 days it is the same day again. 2 = 0 × 7 + 2, so Friday.

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Today is Wednesday. What day of the week was it 16 days ago?

    1. A) Monday
    2. B) Tuesday
    3. C) Wednesday
    4. D) Thursday
    5. E) Sunday
    Show the solution
    Answer: A) Monday

    How it works: Every 7 days it is the same day again. 16 = 2 × 7 + 2, so Monday.

  3. Question 3 Hard

    8 September is a Wednesday. What day of the week is 24 September of the same year?

    1. A) Monday
    2. B) Tuesday
    3. C) Wednesday
    4. D) Friday
    5. E) Sunday
    Show the solution
    Answer: D) Friday

    How it works: Every 7 days it is the same day again. 16 = 2 × 7 + 2, so Friday.

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