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Even numbers can be matched up in two lines. Odd numbers have one left over.

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Can you add two odd numbers to 23?

The sum of two odd numbers never makes an odd number. Only the sum of an odd number and an even number makes an odd number.


How do you find odd three digit numbers?

Easily put any number with a single odd number 1,3,5,7,9 in a three digit number. Like 113 the 3 and 1 makes it odd number or 223 the three makes it odd.


Is 581 even or odd?

To determine the even or oddness of a number we look at the last digit, in this case it is a one which is an odd number. This makes the number an odd number.


Is the number 95 even or odd?

That '5' on the end of it makes it odd. It doesn't matterwhat the rest of the number is.


Is the number 45 a even number?

No, the 5 makes it an odd no.


Why can't you add two even numbers up to 23?

23 is odd. A sum of two even numbers never makes an odd number. Likewise, no sum of two odd numbers makes an odd number. 23 can only be made by adding an odd and an even number.


When odd number plus an even number is equal even numbers?

Any odd number can be written as an even number plus one. Any even number plus any other even number makes an even number. Add one makes an odd number. So an odd number plus an even number is always an odd number. Algebraically, any odd number can be written as 2a+ 1 where a is a whole number. Any even number can be written as 2b, where b is a whole number. Add them together, the sum is 2(a + b) + 1, which is odd.


Which is the smallest number which when added to an odd number makes the sum an even number?

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Which is the smallest number which when added to an even number makes the sum an odd number?

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What does 58 plus 47 equal106?

58 + 47 = 105 ...not 106(You can see that the sum is wrong because you have an even number + an odd number, which always makes an odd number...and 106 is not an odd number)


Why does an odd number equal a even number?

The question makes no sense because an odd number is NEVER an even number. So the question cannot be answered.


What makes a number even or odd?

An even number is a number that can be equally divided into two parts, an odd number, however, can not be divided into two equal parts,.