Even and Odd numbers
Do you observe any pattern in the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, ...?
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Lets try to find patterns upto 100.
Highlighting the numbers 2,4,6,8,.....
You will find that each of them is a
These are called even numbers.
The rest of the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11,... are called odd numbers.
You can verify that a two digit number or a three digit number is even or not.
How will you know whether a number like 756482 is even? By dividing it by 2.
Will it not be tedious?
We say that a number with 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 at the ones place is an even number.
From the above quiz let us conclude some interesting facts:
2 is the smallest prime number which is even.
Every prime number except 2 is odd.