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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Mnemonic Device for length of months in the Julian and Gregorian calendars

Title : Length of months in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

Things to remember : Number of days in each month.
Month
Number of days
January
31
February
28   Leap 29
March
31
April
30
May
31
June
30
July
31
August
31
September
30
October
31
November
30
December
31
 
Mnemonic Device Type : RHYME/POEM

 Mnemonic Device :

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
And that has twenty-eight days clear,
And twenty-nine in each leap year.

Its just like our Nursery Rhyme. If we recite it for some time we won't forget it.

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