Odd and Even Numbers for Kids

Here we take a look at effective ways to teach the concept of odd and even numbers to kids.

Math is an important subject in school and they start on it from a very young age. Here we take a look and odd and even numbers and how to make them easy for kids to understand.

Let’s take a look at a few examples:

1. One chocolate
2. Pair of cats
3. Three ducks
4. A Ppair of shells

In the above examples, 1 is an odd number, 2 is an even number, 3 is an odd number, 4 is an even number. So basically, if a number can be divided into pairs, it is called an even number.

An even number can be divided evenly by two. For example, the number 8 can be divided into two groups of four.

However, an odd number cannot be divided evenly into two groups (it will have a remainder of one). For example, the number eleven can be divided into two groups of five with a remainder of one.

So when you are teaching odd and even numbers to kids for the first time, just try out this simple method – just give them a few numbers and ask them to make pairs of dots.

All those numbers for which the child is able to make pairs is an even number. But if for any number, the child is unable to make a complete pair (one is missing) then that is an odd number.

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