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ARITHMETIC 



The following is a list of the months, in regular order, 

 with the number of days each contains: 



Days 

 I.January (Jan.) 31 



2. February (Feb) 28 



3. March (Mar.) 



4. April (Apr.) . 



31 



, 30 



5. May 31 



6. June 30 



Days 



7. July 31 



8. August (Aug.) 31 



9. September (Sept.).. 30 



10. October (Oct.) 31 



11. November (Nov.) ..30 



12. December (Dec.) ...31 



In leap years, 1 da. is added to Feb., giving it 



29 da. The following lines will assist in remembering 



the number of days in each month: 



"Thirty days have September, 

 April, June, and November; 

 All the rest have thirty-one, 

 Except the second month alone, 

 To which we twenty-eight assign, 

 'Till leap year gives it twenty-nine." 

 In many business transactions, the year is regarded as 



360 da., or 12 mo. of 30 da. each. 





