Counting Calendar On Finger

Step 3 Count Don't count your thumb's knuckles or any space between your hands. Each of the seven months that land on a knuckle will be months with 31 days.

The web site Innovations and Insights TipNut offers this clever way to remember which months have 31 days and which have 30 Count the months on your knuckles and the grooves between your knuckles

Do you get tired of flipping through a paper calendar, computer calendar or cell phone calendar just to find out how many days are in a particular month? After reading this tip, you will be able to figure out the number of days in a month and you won't ever have to flip through a calendar! This is a sure fire way of calculating the days of the month on the knuckles of your hands.

Here is another wonderful resource for your calendar wall or math meeting. One of the student jobs that we have at our daily math meeting is to find the correct configuration of fingers on the finger cards to match the days date. Depending on the grade level you teach andor

One form of the mnemonic is done by counting on the knuckles of one's hand to remember the number of days in each month. 1 Knuckles are counted as 31 days, depressions between knuckles as 30 or 2829 days. One starts with the little finger knuckle as January, and one finger or depression at a time is counted towards the index finger knuckle July, saying the months while doing so. One

The French and Romanians typically use a mnemonic by counting on the knuckles of one's hand to remember the numbers of days of the months. Count knuckles as 31 days, depressions between knuckles as 30 or 2829 days. Start with the little finger knuckle as January, and count one finger or depression at a time towards the index finger knuckle July, saying the months as you go. Then jump back

Knuckle mnemonic explained The knuckle mnemonic is a mnemonic device for remembering the number of days in the months of the Julian and Gregorian calendar s. Methods One-handed One form of the mnemonic is done by counting on the knuckle s of one's hand to remember the number of days in each month. 1

August - December months that have 31 days knuckle trick. August-December You should end up with July on the knuckle of your pinkie finger, at which point, you repeat the process by assigning August to the knuckle of your pointer finger, and consequently ending with December on on the knuckle of your ring finger.

Put your right hand into a fist. Your index finger knuckle is January, the gap between your index and middle finger knuckle is February, your middle finger is March, etc When you reach your pinky knuckle July, start back at your index finger August and keep going until December ring finger. If the month is on your knuckle, it has 31 days. If it is in the gap, it has 30 except february

The other day I posted the rhyme for helping remember the number of days in each month. Interestingly, one friend from France and another friend who was born in Hong Kong mentioned a knuckle trick for remembering. There are different versions of the knuckle trick, but evidently it's used around the world. You can see in the diagram above one way of doing the knuckle trick. Make two fists