Gung Hay Fat Choi!

 

Happy Chinese New Year to you all! Did you know that this is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar?

You can read more about it at Mrs. B’s Holiday links.

The Chinese calendar is MUCH older than the Western calendar… they are on Year 4710! Can you figure out HOW MANY MORE years that is from 2013?

Let’s see…
2013 to 2020 is 7 years..
2020 to 2100 is 80 years..
2100 to 3000 is 900 years…
3000 to 4000 is 1000 years…
AND 4000 to 4710 is 710 years…

Take 100 off the 710 and add it to the 900 to make 1000…
Now we have 1000 = 1000 = 2000
and… 7 + 80 + 610 = 697
Oh my! I’ll let YOU figure out the rest!

A big thank you to our PAC
and to this lovely student
for providing the class with special treats!