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If you were born in: You'll be this age in Leap Years by 2008:
(If you find any errors in this chart please let us know by clicking here)

Birth Year Leap Years Actual Age   Birth Year Leap Years Actual Age
1904 26 104 1956 13 52
1908 25 100 1960 12 48
1912 24 96 1964 11 44
1916 23 92 1968 10 40
1920 22 88 1972 9 36
1924 21 84 1976 8 32
1928 20 80 1980 7 28
1932 19 76 1984 6 24
1936 18 72 1988 5 20
1940 17 68 1992 4 16
1944 16 64 1996 3 12
1948 15 60 2000 2 8
1952 14 56 2004 1 4
2008 Leap Day Babies born!

The Leap Year Rhyme
By Raenell Dawn

Leap Year, Leap Year
When will you be?
Every four years
Then you'll see.
You want more?
We do too!
How many more
can you
Leap to?

The Leap Day Birthday Rhyme
by Raenell Dawn

There is a girl named Raenell,
who didn't like her birthday very well.
When she turned 13,
she thought it quite mean,
It was her birthday but no one could tell!

(You may substitute the first line with:
There is a girl/boy I know well...)

Turning 13 is a big deal. You're now a teenager.
But this special
birthday can not be celebrated
on the date that Leap Day babies were born on
because when they turn 13, it's not a Leap Year.

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Some Fun Charts to Use in Class

Here are some ways to tell if it's a Leap Year or not.
Even Decades
have three Leap Years
Odd decades
have two Leap Years
1960     1964     1968 1972     1976
1980     1984     1988 1992     1996
2000     2004     2008 2012     2016
Another way to tell is by what day of the week the year starts and ends on.
Leap Year
only occurs in years that January 1st and December 31 fall on different days. For example:
2006 Sunday January 1 - Sunday December 31 No
2007 Monday January 1 - Monday December 31 No
2008 Tuesday January 1 - Wednesday December 31  Leap
Year
2009 Thursday January 1 - Thursday December 31 No

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Think About These - This could be an Extra Credit Question!

1

Leap Year Day Babies born in 1884 had no birthday during their entire teen-age years. Why?
Because 1900 was not a Leap Year.
 
In 1888 they were 4 at 1. In 1892 they were 8 at 2. In 1896 they were 12 at 3. Since 1900 was not
a Leap Year, there were 8 years before they could celebrate again on February 29.

So, in 1904 they were 20 at 5. Not one single teenage year was celebrated ON their birth date.

Another way to pose the question is:
Leap Year Day Babies celebrate their birthday on their birth date every four years. But those born in 1884 couldn't celebrate on their 4th birthday when they turned 16. Why?

2

Leap Year Day Babies will never have a "Golden Birthday"
A Golden Birthday is when your age matches the number of the day of the month you were born on.
Leap Year Day Babies will have to be 116 before they turn 29 on the 29th!


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International Date Line Dilemma The Long and Short of it all!
We thought this
could be used as a learning tool about the International Date Line.

The L O N G of it...Longest Reported Leap Day:
Jon Hayanga Leap Year Day Baby 1960
, had his birthday in
Taipei one day then crossed the international date line going
east and had his birthday again the next day in Spokane,
WA, USA.

...and The SHORT of it Shortest Reported Leap Day:
Ed Chatfield Leap Year Day Baby 1940
, crossed the date
line in a ship (going west) the night of  February 28th and
woke up on March 1st. So he lost his birthday entirely.

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Tricky Question
James Collins of Texas, USA, born Leap Day 1968 says:
In a non Leap Year, on February 28th, you can tell people this:
When they ask, "When's your birthday?"
You answer, "It's the day after today but it's not tomorrow. And it's the day before tomorrow but it's not today."

Leaping Math Issues
1) If Raenell was born in 1960, but has only had 11 birthdays on her birth day,
how could she be 48 in the year 2008?
(Answer: Because 1960 was a Leap Year so Raenell must have been born on February 29.
Note: See how it is worded? "on her birth day" - we can only celebrate our birthday ON our birth day, in Leap Years.)
2) If Peter was born on February 29, 1956 and in 2008 turned 13 Leap Years on his birthday,
how many years old is Peter?
(Answer: 52. The key is 13 Leap Years vs. how many "years" without the Leap, literally!)  
3) If Caroline was born February 29, 2000, how many birthdays will she celebrate, on her birthday, by 2008?
(Answer: 2)
4) If Jim was born February 29, 1976, how many times did he celebrate his birthday ON his birthday, by 2005?
(Answer: 7. Seven times four is 28. In 2005 Jim was 29.)

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Which Day Leap Day? What Leap Day were you born on?
Every 28 years Leap Day lands on the same day of the week. Check it out...

Monday if you were born in... 1904 1932 1960 1988

Saturday if you were born in... 1908 1936 1964 1992

Thursday if you were born in... 1912 1940 1968 1996

Tuesday if you were born in... 1916 1944 1972 2000

Sunday if you were born in... 1920 1948 1976 2004

Friday if you were born in... 1924 1952 1980 2008

Wednesday if you were born in... 1928 1956 1984 2012

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