Talk:Even number

Merge with odd numbers? I teach math, and I'd like to make Conservapedia a sort of quick reference for math questions ... on the 2nd to 9th grade level, that is.

For college math, they can go to Wolfram, etc. --Ed Poor ^Talk 19:48, 16 February 2016 (EST)

At the moment, both articles are quite awful, wikipedia's introduction to parity is much better, IMO.

• "An odd number is a whole number that is not a multiple of two": it should be integer - and multiple can be misconstrued (3= 1.5 * 3)
• "An even number is an integer which is a multiple of 2. Every such number has the form 2k. ": 2k without further explanation doesn't make much sense - it can easily be mistaken for 2 klicks or 2 kilo if you don't have any background.

--AugustO (talk) 13:36, 18 February 2016 (EST)

I'll probably crib a definition from MathIsFun.com - which is written for K-12 teachers (and their students). --Ed Poor ^Talk 17:00, 18 February 2016 (EST)

That sounds like a good idea. A couple of thoughts:

• it is elegant to have just one article one "parity", with "even" and "odd" redirecting to it, however
• it may be more educational for young pupils to have articles on "even" and on "odd", with links to each other - and a more refined article on "parity"

--AugustO (talk) 17:12, 18 February 2016 (EST)