Colouring odd and even numbers

Colouring odd and even numbers

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about even and odd numbers

Question Change answer

Highlight the even numbers in the table yellow.
Highlight the odd numbers in the table green.
 
 
 
  • Even numbers
  • Odd numbers
84 34 16 59
2 76 77 7
89 27 61 98
60 48 43 30
 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with NO auto marking).
 
Equipment: colouring pencils, felt pens or highlighters for pen and paper administration.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge
Keywords: 
even numbers, odd numbers, divisibility
Description of task: 
Students identify odd and even numbers by colouring them different colours.
Answers/responses: 

3 marks
or
2 marks
or
1 mark

All numbers are coloured correctly, i.e., 2, 16, 30, 34, 48, 60, 84, 98 are coloured yellow, and 7, 27, 43, 59, 61, 77, 89 are coloured green.
There is one error in the colouring of the numbers or all the even numbers are coloured green and all the odd numbers are coloured yellow.
There are 2 errors in the colouring of the numbers.