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19 Circle the objects that are in pairs.
Numbers which can be formed into pairs are Little Genius!
called even numbers. Name five parts of our
For example, we can form 4 pairs with 8 ice creams. body that are in pairs.
Thus, 8 is an even number. Remember
Numbers which cannot be formed into pairs are • Start with an even number
called odd numbers. and skip count in twos to
get the next even number.
For example, if we try to form pairs with 7 ice creams, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, . . .
we will get 3 pairs and 1 ice cream will be left.
• Start with an odd number
and skip count in twos
to get the next odd
number.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . .
Thus, 7 is an odd number.
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