Math poll: Is zero even or odd?

[Daemon18553]

GO WITH YOUR FIRST INSTINCT, WITHOUT LOOKING THE ANSWER UP.

If you can, also justify your vote in a reply.

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[jookbox :D]

zero > two numbers before two

even.

[Mushroom man]

zero > two numbers before two

even.

Not really.
And even number is any number that can be divided by 2. 0 cannot. It is not odd or even to my knowledge.

[Daemon18553]

Not really.
And even number is any number that can be divided by 2. 0 cannot. It is not odd or even to my knowledge.

An even number is any number evenly divisible by 2: ie any number where n/2 will give you an integer. 0/2=0. 0 is an integer. Therefore 0 is even.

[SirLancelot7]

It is neither, but it in some math functions it is used in place of an even number.

But that still doesn't make it even.

[Daemon18553]

It is neither, but it in some math functions it is used in place of an even number.

But that still doesn't make it even.

An even number is any number evenly divisible by 2: ie any number where n/2 will give you an integer. 0/2=0. 0 is an integer. Therefore 0 is even.

[Isjix]

I'd say even

[Acid]

It's pretty circular and is symmetrical, i'm gonna go even.

[james4115]

ZERO THE HERO

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i think that rhyme was about even numbers

[Kingdaro]

even.

[Bisjac]

its even. derp

[AWC]

In some way it's even. In another way, it's neither. In another other way, it's odd! Math is pretty much almost infintly borderless, wich means there are no borders to it! So every numbers have secrets and mysteries! So 0 is pretty much impossible to tell if it's odd, even, both, or neither. I can't believe I'm 13!

[Proog]

Wikipedia says it's even so lets go with that.

[Daemon18553]

Lololol, 4 people saying odd.

[nienhaus1]

Zero is an even number. In other words, its parity—the quality of an integer being even or odd—is even. Zero fits the definition of "even number": it is an integer multiple of 2, namely 0 × 2. As a result, zero shares all the properties that characterize even numbers: 0 is evenly divisible by 2, 0 is surrounded on both sides by odd numbers, 0 is the sum of an integer with itself, and a set of 0 objects can be split into two equal sets.

Why zero is even

It is easy to directly prove that zero is even:

    A number is called even if it is an integer multiple of 2. As an example, the reason that 10 is even is that it equals 5 × 2. In the same way, zero is an integer multiple of 2, namely 0 × 2, so zero is even.[1]

This proof starts with a standard definition of "even number". It is also possible to explain why zero is even without referring to formal definitions.[2] The following explanations make sense of the idea that zero is even in terms of fundamental number concepts. From this foundation, one can provide a rationale for the definition itself—and its applicability to zero.