Step 1 Objective
Recognise odd and even numbers up to 1000, and some of their properties, including the outcomes of sums or differences of pairs of odd/even numbers.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
What if pupils find this a barrier?

Explore properties of odd and even numbers: for example, an odd number + an odd number will make an even number.
Make links between even numbers and multiples of two.
Use Number Grid ITP - Zip file (462Kb) to look at patterns.