In other words, when we split the 3 starfishes into two parts, they seem “odd” because they don’t look harmonious or balanced. Thus, 3 is not an even number, because it cannot be split into two equal parts. What about the number of starfishes? Is it even? Well, if we split the group of 3 starfishes into two subgroups, we will always get one more star in one of the subgroups, as shown below. It means that 6 (the number of fishes) is an even number because it can be split into two groups of size 3 each. Let’s imaging a group of sea animals somewhere in the deep ocean… Just like in the picture!Ĭan we split the group of fishes into two subgroups of equal size? Yes, we can! As in the picture below. Intuitively, we think of an even number as a number that can be split into two equal parts. Also, there are plenty of things around us that come in even numbers: a butterfly has 2 wings, a car has 4 wheels, we have 10 fingers, just to mention some.īut how are the even numbers defined? and which are their main properties? That’s what we are about to discover. For example, when counting big amounts of objects so that we can go fast by counting two at a time. How high can you count just by even numbers? You can use the number chart below to help you. When you count just the even numbers starting with zero, you are Skip-Counting by Two. The even numbers are shaded in different colors. You can always create two equal groups out of an even number of objects!Įven numbers are easy to spot because they end in…
Even numbers are amounts that can be exactly divided by two.
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