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Sumthingdifferent Joined Tue 11/13/07 Posts: 2126	Fri 02/15/08 10:45 PM Edited by Sumthingdifferent on Fri 02/15/08 10:46 PM
Well lets see... If you add "even numbers .. 2+2 = 4 ..4+4 = 8 If you subtract even numbers 4-2 =2 .. 12 - 6 = 6 So using "even" numbers you will always have an even number as your answer. But if you use "odd" numbers like 3+7 = 10 and same with subtraction. So using "odd" numbers can result in both odd or even number results. So even in basic math, would it be fair to say that "odd" numbers have more power than even numbers? (lets see who's brain fried enough to think about this stupid question at this hour on a Friday night)

bgeorge Joined Fri 09/14/07 Posts: 7850	Fri 02/15/08 10:46 PM
i got a headache just reading the heading

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Fri 02/15/08 10:48 PM
But if you use "odd" numbers like 3+7 = 10 and same with subtraction. So using "odd" numbers can result in both odd or even number results. Uh, you might want to look at that odd number deal again. Odd + Odd will always equal even. Odd - Odd will always equal even.

wilkit Joined Sat 02/02/08 Posts: 439	Fri 02/15/08 10:49 PM


Sumthingdifferent Joined Tue 11/13/07 Posts: 2126	Fri 02/15/08 10:50 PM
But if you use "odd" numbers like 3+7 = 10 and same with subtraction. So using "odd" numbers can result in both odd or even number results. Uh, you might want to look at that odd number deal again. Odd + Odd will always equal even. Odd - Odd will always equal even. LOL..see Lex hasn;t fried his brain yet!!! That is true! I was just seeing who was awake Lex..nice job!

PINKYBLUISH Joined Fri 01/11/08 Posts: 1536	Fri 02/15/08 10:53 PM
this is what happened to me as i read http://www.justsayhi.com/topic/show/82337

KalamazooGuy87 Joined Sat 11/10/07 Posts: 2728	Fri 02/15/08 10:53 PM
Odd numbers dont have more power... they are just more inconsistent than even numbers

Sumthingdifferent Joined Tue 11/13/07 Posts: 2126	Fri 02/15/08 10:55 PM
But if you use "odd" numbers like 3+7 = 10 and same with subtraction. So using "odd" numbers can result in both odd or even number results. Uh, you might want to look at that odd number deal again. Odd + Odd will always equal even. Odd - Odd will always equal even. OK Lex, so is even + even and even -even always = even ... and odd + odd and odd - odd always = even What happened to the "odd"? And for the bonus question...who is burried in Grants Tomb??

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Fri 02/15/08 11:00 PM
OK Lex, so is even + even and even -even always = even ... and odd + odd and odd - odd always = even What happened to the "odd"? And for the bonus question...who is burried in Grants Tomb?? Well, the "odd" comes into play when you add or subtract any odd and even together -- you'll always get an odd. Grant's Tomb? Probably Hugh Grant, right?

KalamazooGuy87 Joined Sat 11/10/07 Posts: 2728	Fri 02/15/08 11:01 PM
Prime Numbers! The odd number family =) but this deals with Multipying and dividing o.o gasp!

Sumthingdifferent Joined Tue 11/13/07 Posts: 2126	Fri 02/15/08 11:05 PM
OK Lex, so is even + even and even -even always = even ... and odd + odd and odd - odd always = even What happened to the "odd"? And for the bonus question...who is burried in Grants Tomb?? Well, the "odd" comes into play when you add or subtract any odd and even together -- you'll always get an odd. Grant's Tomb? Probably Hugh Grant, right? Hugh is close..I think he did a hooker there once. So close enough!