In this activity, we are going to be looking at odd and even numbers.
Even Numbers
Any whole number that can be divided exactly by 2. The last digit will be 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8.
All these are even numbers: 4, 16, 32, 400, 1258
Odd Numbers
Any whole number that cannot be divided exactly by 2. The last digit will be 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9.
All these are odd numbers: 7, 15, 53, 69, 403, 2671
Look at this picture which shows that 12 is even and 11 is odd.
Example
Is this number even or odd?
13
Answer
Odd
It can't be divided by 2 exactly.
Also, the last digit is 3.
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