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Summary

In this section you looked at sets of people, things, and dots. You tried to make as may pairs as possible.

Sometimes you could fill the set completely with pairs. Sometimes one "thing" was left. This led to thinking about even and odd number sand how they are different.

Even and odd numbers can help you understand something about patterns. For example, V-patterns are described by odd numbers.

 
 

 

 

 

 


Summary Questions

14. Decide whether the following figure has an even or odd number of squares. Explain how you knew.
 
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Write a description of the difference between odd and even.

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