I wanted to know why if the number ends with
0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 is even
and if starts with 1,3, 5, 7, or 9 is odd
I think if we know why if the number endswith 0 is always even will answer this
because from addition rules
even + even = even
even + odd = odd
so always we have to split the number into sum for ex:
5425 = 5420 + 5
which is even + odd = odd
but why having 5420 0 at the beginning made it even number
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edit:
why this rule doesn't apply on numbers which are divisible by 3 or 4
Best Answer
Thanks to all comments
the answer as i got is :
for the first section:-
all the numbers that has unit digit
0
are divisibe by 10 which is divisible by 2 so it's evenfor the second section:- i think it's about the Cyclicity of the numbers 3 and 4
if the number is divisible by 3 by division theorem
x = 3*r for any
r
inN
if we traced the Cyclicity of 3 we will find that
3*0 =
0
, 3*1 =3
, 3*2 =6
, 3*3 =9
.....etcit will be
0
,3
,6
,9
,2
,5
,8
,1
,4
,7
which are not always even or add
if someone have any comment please tell :)