Question

What is a leap year?

Answer 1

Leap year is an year when 1 extra day is added to year Means, Normal year have 365 days But In leap year its 366 days The leap year comes after every 4 years

Answer 2

A leap year has 366 days (the extra day is 29th of Feburary)  (52 complete weeks + 2 extra days = 366 days)

A leap year is divisible by 4 except for a century. For a century to be a lepa year it must be divisible by 400.

Example:-

•  Years like 1998 , 2008 are leap years (divisible by 4)
• Centuries like 2000, 2400 are leap years (divisible by 400)
• Years like 1999 , 2003 are not leap years (not divisible by 4)
• Centuries like 1700 , 1800 are not leap years (not divisible by 400).
• In a century, there are 76 ordinary years and 24 leap year.