Lunar New Years
Chinese New Year
Moon Facts
Moon Rhymes
Math Counts
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Japanese New Year, also known as Shōgatsu, which used to be based on the Tenpō calendar, falls on this date in 2026.

Jan 1, 2026

100

This is the Chinese Zodiac for this new year

Horse


100

The diameter of the earth divided by the diameter of the moon is roughly this integer

4

100

The time between lunch and dinner

Afternoon

100

A pizza that costs $32 is cut into 16 identical pieces, and Gil eats 3 of those pieces. What was the monetary value of the portion of pizza Gil ate?

$6

200

In the Lunar Hijri calendar used by most of Islam, this month contains the date of the New Year in 2026.

June 2026 (June 15)

200

This is another name that Chinese people use to refer to the Chinese New Year.

Spring Festival / 春节

200

This Disney song mentions the dark side of the moon.

"I'll make a man out of you."

200

Kids used to watch these on Saturday mornings

Cartoons

200

What is the remainder when 33^7 is divided by 5?

2

300

In the Lunar Hebrew calendar, this month contains the date of the New Year in 2026.

September 2026 (September 11)

300

Despite being named after the Moon, Moon Cakes are actually food for this holiday.

Mid-Autumn Festival

300

The Moon Rabbit, sometimes also known by this nickname, is often seen making rice cakes and elixirs of immortality.

Jade Rabbit

300

Fainting from high emotions or infatuation

Swoon

300

How many positive integer divisors of 60 have as factors exactly two of the numbers 2, 3 and 5?

5

400

In the Lunar Chinese calendar, this is the start date of the New Year in 2026.

Feb 17, 2026

400

This era of China marked the first record of Chinese New Year being celebrated.

Warring States period

400

Because it's tidally locked to the earth, a lunar day is this many lunar years.

One

400
A digital media player released by Microsoft in 2006

Microsoft Zune

400

What is the largest prime factor of 3^9 + 9^3 ?

7

500

What other cultures celebrate Lunar New Year with their own non-Chinese traditions while sharing the same Chinese Lunar Calendar?

Vietnamese, Korean

500

The tradition of giving kids money during the new year was established during this Chinese Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

500

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500

Red pandas, are not as closely related to bears as they are to this animal

Raccoon
500

How many odd positive integers with at most four digits contain at least two even digits?

2225

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