ODD
EVEN
AND
INQUIRY INTO MATHS IN 18A
We investigated Odd and Even using problem solving strategies. We read the books
“My Odd Day” and “My Even day”.
Here are a couple of questions we investigated.
What does the wordodd mean?
Odd things do not match together.
What does the word even mean?
Even means things that can be shared in two.
Here is an example of our
investigations. Lily has clearly shown
her understanding of odd and even
numbers.
What are even numbers?
What are odd numbers?
Odd numbers end in 1 3 5 7 and 9
Even numbers end in 0 2 4 6 and 8
What type of number do you get when you add
a pair of even numbers together?
2 + 2 4+ 2
28 + 4
What type of number do you get when you add an odd andeven number together?
4+ 7
14 +5
26+ 9
Here are some questions the
children in the class asked and
answered.
How many students
live in an even number
house? 9
How many students
live in an odd
number house? 19
How many
students are in
the class? 28
After our investigations we made odd and even posters to show what we’ve learned.
We also had odd sock Monday where we could wear odd socks to school, as seen below.