PROBLEM: Friday 13


Prove that there is at least one Friday the 13th in some month during each year.



Hint: Number the days of the year from 1 through 365 (or 366). Determine which days would be the 13th of the successive months. Try a spreadsheet . . .

Prove that there are at most three Friday the 13ths any given year.


Related Problem

Joe Hooten, Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, observed that in 1998 both February and March have a Friday the 13th. That is, there is a Friday the 13th in two consecutive months.

In what year will this occur again?

Is there a cycle that can be specified for determining the years in which there will be two consecutive months with Friday the 13th?



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