Check for odd/even numbers using “mod” operation

Challenge Level: Growing experience

This programming challenge is linked to the following lessons:

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to:

Explain what you need to consider if you are asking for an input from the end user.
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Identify when to use an if statement to check a set of conditions.
Computer Science: Programming

Requirement:

Create a program which asks the user to enter a number and checks if the number is odd or even. Use the “mod” operation for this challenge.

Your program should display the outputs shown in this table for the given inputs provided;

Scratch

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Hints

To find out if a number is even or odd, use the “mod” operation to find the remainder after dividing that number by two. If the remainder is zero the number is even (the operation under “Operators” script returns the remainder from division of two numbers. For example: )

Python

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