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2. Fun with dates and calendars

3. Here is a calendar showing the month of January, 2010 January 2010 Depending on where you live, you might write the marked date of January 9, 2010, differently.

4. Writing dates In Europe, people write that date: Day / Month / Year, or 9/1/2010 In the United States, people write the date: Month/ Day / Year, or 1/9/2010 In some other places, people write the date: Year / Month/Day, or 2010/1/9 Some places measure years differently. For example, in Japan, this date would also be the 22nd Heisei year, 1st month, 9th day:

5. Samantha uses a red star on her calendar for days she has dance practice. How would you write the date with the red star? 2010/3/5 March 2010 3/5/2010 5/3/2010

6. Ali has soccer games on days marked with the red star. Write out the dates that are marked. September 2010 October 2008

7. Which of the calendars below has a red star on the date 2/12/2010? February 2010 December 2010