Break workload: how much should each day carry?
Study plans for a long break usually fail because the total gets divided by the whole length of the break. In practice weekends go unstudied and a family trip wipes out several days at once, so the daily figure written on the plan was never achievable. This page takes the days off out first and divides the workload across only the days that remain.
It counts your real study days from the length of the break and your study days per week, then removes extra days off such as travel, spreading them evenly across the weeks. The remaining workload is allocated to each week in proportion to its study days, and because units come whole the leftover is handed out one at a time starting with the largest remainder, so the weekly figures add to exactly the amount remaining. A check line shows both numbers together.
Enter the most you can handle in one day and the page reports whether the daily average fits inside that limit, and by how much it overshoots if it does not. Whatever unit you type, pages or problems or lectures, is used throughout the results. This page divides workload only; it does not plan study hours or split time between subjects.
Frequently Asked Questions
Set study days per week to 5 and the page counts five study days out of every seven. Use 6 for a six-day week or 7 to study every day. To clear specific days for a trip, add them under extra days off instead.
No. The leftover from dividing into whole units is handed out one at a time by largest remainder, so the weekly totals match the amount remaining exactly. The check line prints both figures side by side.
There are three levers: reduce the workload, cut back the extra days off, or add study days per week. Changing the numbers shows straight away how far you need to move each one to come back inside the limit.