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If you're adding an odd number of numbers, if two are even and one is odd, you will get an odd number as a result. Three odds are odd. If two are odd and one is even, you have an even result. Three evens are even.
There are no 5 odd numbers that when added together make 30.Two odd numbers added together make an even numberAn odd number plus and even number makes an odd number.From the five odd numbers:Take two of them and add them together getting an even number and four odd numbersAdd another of the odd numbers to this even number and you will have three odd numbersAdd two of these together and you will have one even and one odd number.Finally add these odd and even numbers together and the result will be an odd numberBut 30 is an even number, so cannot be the sum of five (or any odd number of) odd numbers.
The result will always be an odd number.
Any odd number plus an odd number will give an even result. Any even number plus an even number will give an even result. Any odd number plus an even number will give an odd result. This is actually pretty easy, you should be able to work it out yourself.
Because the second number from an odd number is odd, and every other number is an odd number. In fact, if you add or subtract an even number with any number, the result keeps the same parity as the other number. So an odd number minus an even number is odd, while an even number minus and even number is even.