Odds and Evens

There are multiple objectives at play here as scholars solve addition and subtraction problems and determine whether the sums and differences are odd or even. As they solve these, encourage pupils to observe patterns. What happens when...

Get in the Valentine's Day spirit with an addition activity. Scholars solve problems and color answers different colors depending on whether they are even or odd.   

Some resources are just wonderful for stimulating creative thinking and concept understanding. Children are encouraged to explore odd and even numbers through a variety of creative activities. They group items, read a story, make an...

A great way to show the difference between odd and even numbers is by using blocks. The graphics in this PowerPoint do a great job at showing the two groups of numbers. Tip: After viewing this presentation, have students experiment with...

Owl shares her worms with her best mates Fluffy and Bill. As worms are distributed to the two of them learners will see that when there is one left over the number is odd and when they have the same amount the number is even. This is a...

Building on the previous lesson in this series, young mathematicians develop a deeper understanding of the alternating pattern with even and odd numbers. Pictures and number lines guide learners as they observe how the observed pattern...

Teach young mathematicians that all even numbers can be written as the sum of two equal addends with the third video in this series. This fact is clearly demonstrated with multiple examples, using number lines and visual models to...

Here's a good activity to use as a way to assess how well the class understood the lesson on odd and even number. They will mark odd and even numbers, add odd number, add even numbers, mark the odds and evens, then answer 3 related fill...

Nobody wants to be the odd man out. The first video in this series uses prior knowledge about making fair teams to teach young mathematicians about even and odd numbers. Pictures and number lines offer support as children learn that even...

Trying to determine if a large number is even or odd? Look no further than the ones place. The final video in this series provides three simple steps to follow when identifying a number as even or odd, demonstrating the process with...