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2024 is a leap year (as February has 29 days). Leap years occur in the years that are multiples of 4, e×cept for those years that are evenly divisible by 100 but not 400. (a) From the year you were born till now, which years were leap years? (b) From the year 2024 till 2099, how many leap years are there?
Answer

(a) From the year 2010 till 2024, there are 4 leap years. 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024.
(b) The leap years from 2024 and 2099 are:
2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040, 2044, 2048, 2052, 2056, 2060, 2064, 2068, 2072, 2076,, 2080, 2084, 2088, 2092, 2096.
Hence, there are 19 leap years from 2024 till 2099.