Question

Michael is 342 days older than Sophie, and Sophie is 42 weeks younger than Steve.
If Steve was born on a Sunday, then on which day was Michael born?
Saturday
Monday
Thursday
Wednesday​

Answer 1

Given,

Michael is 342 days older than Sophie.

Sophie is 42 weeks younger than Steve.

Steve was born on a Sunday.

To find,

The day of the week on which Michael was born.

Solution,

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

Now, we have to keep in mind that in the time gap of 7 days or one week, the same day of the week is repeated.

Now, Steve was born on Sunday.

Sophie is younger than Steve for about = 42 complete weeks

So, Sophie was also born on a Sunday.

Now, Sophie is younger than Michael for about = 342 days = 48 weeks 6 days

So, there is one day less than being a time gap of perfect weeks.

Day of the week = Sunday - 1 = Saturday

Hence, Michael was born on Saturday.