Using calendars to find days of the week, calculate days between dates, and work out what day a future or past date falls on.
Where your child meets this in real life: Planning events, working out birthdays, counting down to holidays
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks calendar and date calculations into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Find specific dates on a calendar and identify the day of the week for given dates
Calculate how many days between two dates in the same month, or find a date X days before/after another date (no month boundary crossing)
Count days or determine day of week for dates in adjacent months, using knowledge of month lengths and the 7-day cycle
Try three free questions from our calendar and date calculations course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
What day of the week is May 8th?
Dylan borrowed a library book on the highlighted date. It is due back in 14 days. What date must he return it?
Ronan's family is visiting relatives. They leave on February 25th and stay for 10 days. Note: 2024 is a leap year, so February has 29 days. What date do they return home?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Rebecca is looking at the May 2024 calendar. May 1st is a Wednesday.
What day of the week is May 15th?
May 1st is Wednesday - find this on the calendar grid
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Rebecca is looking at the May 2024 calendar. May 1st is a Wednesday.
What day of the week is May 15th?
May 15th is a Wednesday.
The key insight: Dates in the same column always fall on the same day of the week!
Common mix-up: Counting each day one by one from the 1st. Slow and error-prone. Use columns - same column means same day.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in calendar and date calculations, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with calendar and date calculations? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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