What is a century leap year in the Gregorian calendar?
Q: What is a century leap year in the Gregorian calendar?
A: A century leap year in the Gregorian calendar is a year that is exactly divisible by 400.
Q: Are all century years leap years?
A: No, not all century years are leap years. If a century year is divisible by 100 but not 400, it is a common year (not a leap year).
Q: Which years were the century leap years?
A: The years 1600 and 2000 were century leap years.
Q: Why were the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 not leap years?
A: The years 1700, 1800, and 1900 were common years, as they were divisible by 100 but not 400.
Q: When will the next century leap year occur?
A: The next century leap year will occur in the year 2400.
Q: On which day do century leap years always begin?
A: Century leap years always begin on a Saturday.
Q: Why was the Gregorian calendar created?
A: The Gregorian calendar was created to more accurately track Earth's revolution around the sun, after the older Julian calendar started to drift with respect to the four seasons. The Gregorian calendar eliminated this problem by specifying that end-of-century years are only leap years if they are divisible by 400.
