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.


What if pupils find this a barrier?

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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.