Odd and Multiples Venn Diagram Task

Odd and Multiples Venn Diagrams

Print Venn Diagram Master or have students simply draw in their books.

Open the document below:

odd and multiples venn diagram task.docx

• Introduce students to the task and review how/what Venn diagrams are.

• Put a sample one on the board with multiples of 3 listed and complete the first few to demonstrate..

• Project the task onto the whiteboard and have students complete it in their maths books.

• When finished have them create one for their peers to complete.

Enabling 

Teacher support and the use of counters to help them to work out if they can break numbers into two even groups.

Extending

(print this from Pg 2 of Venn task)

One of the statements below is false. 

Which one is it? 

Show some examples for each statement to prove which one is incorrect.

• The sum of two odd numbers is even.

• The sum of two even numbers is even.

• The sum of three odd numbers is odd.

• The sum of any number of odd numbers is odd.

• The sum of any number of even numbers is even.

• The sum of two odd numbers and an even number is even.