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    This document discusses even and odd numbers and properties related to adding, multiplying, and summing even and odd numbers. It provides examples to illustrate these properties, such as: (1) If the number of odd numbers being added is even, the sum is even, and if odd, the sum is odd. (2) If all numbers being multiplied are odd, the product is odd, and if one number is even, the product is even. (3) Whether the sum of consecutive natural numbers is even or odd depends on whether there is an even or odd number of odd terms.

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    This document discusses even and odd numbers and properties related to adding, multiplying, and summing even and odd numbers. It provides examples to illustrate these properties, such as: (1) If the number of odd numbers being added is even, the sum is even, and if odd, the sum is odd. (2) If all numbers being multiplied are odd, the product is odd, and if one number is even, the product is even. (3) Whether the sum of consecutive natural numbers is even or odd depends on whether there is an even or odd number of odd terms.

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    QA – Even Odd

    Even and Odd Numbers


    Suppose N is an integer. If there exists an integer P such that N = 2 P - 1. then N is an odd
    number. If there exists an integer P such that N = 2P, then N is an even number.
    Putting in a simple language, even numbers are those integers which are divisible by 2 and odd
    numbers are those integers which are not divisible by 2.
    IMPORTANT NOTE

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    Addition/Subtraction

    If the number of odd numbers is even the sum will be even and if the number of odd numbers
    is odd the sum will be odd
    Sum of the 1st 99 odd numbers: 99 is an odd number, so the number of odd numbers is odd. So
    the sum will be odd.
    Sum of 1st 100 natural numbers: In 100 natural numbers, 50 will be odd and 50 will be even. So
    number of odd numbers is 50, which is an even number

    Proprietary and Confidential ABS Classes 1


    QA – Even Odd

    Multiplication
    If all the odd numbers are odd, the product will be odd. If even one number is even, the
    product will be even.

    Example 1 Two of a, b, c and d are even and two are odd, not necessarily in order. Which of
    the following is definitely even?
    (CAT 1997)
    (a) a + b + c - 2d
    (b) a + 2b - c
    (c) a + b-c + d
    (d) 2a + b + c – d
    Solution Since we do not know which two are even and which two are odd, we will have to do a
    bit of hit-and- trial to solve this problem, with the help of options.
    In option (a), if a and b are even, and c and d are odd, then this will lead us to odd number.
    In option (b), if a and b are even, and c is odd, then this will lead us to odd number.
    In option (c), whatever is the value of a, b, c and d, it is always going to be an even number.
    In option (d), if a and b are odd, and c and d are even, then this will lead us to odd number.
    Explanation Whatever kind of calculation we do with two even and two odd numbers, we will
    always get an even result. So, the answer is option (c).

    Example 2: Sum of the following series will be odd or even: 5 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 25……..5555

    1st term = 5 x 1

    Last term = 5 x1111

    Total terms = 1111

    Odd terms = 556

    Since the number of odd terms is even, therefore the sum is even

    Example 3: If N is a natural number then will the following sum be odd or even: N + (N+1) +
    (N+2) + (N+3) + (N+4)…..+ (N+101)

    This is a series of 102 consecutive natural numbers. OS there are 51 even and 51 odd numbers

    Proprietary and Confidential ABS Classes 2


    QA – Even Odd

    Since the number of odd numbers is odd (51), therefore the sum is odd

    Example 4: If N is a natural number then will the following sum be odd or even: N + (N+1) +
    (N+2) + (N+3) + (N+4)…..+ (N+100)

    This is a series of 101 consecutive natural numbers.

    If N is odd, then there are 51 odd numbers and if N is even then there are 50 odd numbers. So
    we cannot say whether the sum will be odd or even

    Example 5: Sum of 11 consecutive natural numbers is odd. Is the 6th number odd or even?

    Since the sum is even, therefore there are even number of odd numbers

    Since they are consecutive numbers, so out of 11, there are 6 even and 5 odd numbers

    So the 1st number is even and 2nd number is odd

    So the 6th number is odd

    Example 6: N is a natural number. First 101 multiples of N are added and the sum is odd. Which
    of the following is true?

    a) 201 N is odd
    b) N can be even or odd
    c) Sum of the first 20 multiples of N is odd

    If N is even, then all the multiples of N will be even and their sum will be even. So N is odd

    Therefore (a) is true and (b) is false

    Sum of first 20 multiples of any natural number will always be even. So (c) is false

    Proprietary and Confidential ABS Classes 3

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