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?
Examples of what pupils should know and be able to do

Explore and give examples to satisfy these statements:
- the last digit of an even number is 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8;
- after 1, every second number is odd;
- if you add two odd numbers the answer is even.