Even and Odd numbers, Prime Numbers 4th Grade Game

Even and Odd numbers, Prime Numbers 4th Grade Game - Welcome to the next segment of our Math game series! Today, we discuss another topic. It’s about the odd, even, and prime numbers! I know you are excited, but hold your horses first, because let us discuss briefly what are these numbers! An even number is a number that can be paired equally. A pair means two, so when we talk about even numbers, we are pertaining to numbers that can be paired into twos. On the other hand, an odd number is a number that cannot be paired equally. It is a number that is kind of left alone. Let’s have a scenario as an example, you went to a parade and you got 8 candies. You brought some home and now you want to figure out if you have an even or an odd amount of candy. To figure that out, you are going to put them into pairs or into twos. As you paired the 8 candies, you can see that all of them have pairs (4 pairs), and that means that is going to be considered as an even number! Now, let’s say if someone wants to eat your candies, and took 3 of them. And now you get curious again if what has left with you is an even or an odd number. You put them again in pairs, and you ended up having two pairs, and one left out candy. Since you cannot put the one candy into a pair, then the number of candies left with you is an odd number. And there you have it! That is the difference between even and odd numbers. Now, let’s proceed with discussing prime numbers! You might be stunned to hear this new word, but don’t worry, prime numbers won’t hurt your brains! Prime numbers are numbers that have only 2 factors: 1 and themselves (factors are numbers that you can divide evenly to a particular number). The common prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, so on and so forth. These numbers cannot be evenly divided by other numbers but only by one and themselves. See? Not that hard, right? How about let’s move forward to the game and let’s test what you have learned for today’s lesson. Good luck, kids!