Question

A year in the modern Gregorian Calendar consists of 365 days. In reality, the earth takes longer to rotate around the sun. To account for the difference in time, every 4 years, a leap year takes place. A leap year is when a year has 366 days: An extra day, February 29th. The requirements for a given year to be a leap year are: 1) The year must be divisible by 4 2) If the year is a century year ( 1700,1800 , etc.), the year must be evenly divisible by 400 ; therefore, both 1700 and 1800 are not leap years Some example leap years are 1600,1712 , and 2016. Write a program that takes in a year and determines whether that year is a leap year

Answer 1

To determine if a year is a leap year, check if it is divisible by 4 and 400 (if it is a century year).

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine whether a year is a leap year or not, you need to consider two requirements:

1. The year must be divisible by 4.
2. If the year is a century year (e.g., 1700, 1800), it must also be evenly divisible by 400.If both requirements are met, then the year is a leap year. Otherwise, it is not. For example, the year 1600 is a leap year because it is divisible by 4 and 400. However, the year 1700 is not a leap year because although it is divisible by 4, it is not divisible by 400.