is 0 even or odd?

[Drakmeire]

Neither, you can't divide 0 by 2 or any other number.
Do I win?

 

[keideki]

Neither.... zero is not a number, but a lack there of.

 

[Pandaman1911]

It's even. It's an integer multiple of two. 2x0=0.
Happy to help. :3

 

[blaqknoise]

Even. You can split it equally into two groups.

 

[ThunderDumpling]

...it's even

 

[MercurySteam]

From Yahoo:

After some further digging, we turned up two other sources that argued that 0 falls into the realm of even numbers. Dr. Pete of the Math Forum insists that every integer must be even or odd, and states, "An integer 'n' is called *even* if there exists an integer m such that n = 2m...From this, it is clear that 0 = (2)(0) is even." The Straight Dope echoes these findings in a column on the subject.

 

[Custard_Angel]

Neither... Zero is not an integer.

The concept of even and odd only applies to integers therefore 2 is even, 3 is odd, 3.5 is neither and 0 is neither also.

 

[Droppa Deuce]

Zero has NO value.

It is neither and both at the same time.

It is NIL

 

[Lightning Delight]

I think 0 is a concept more than an actual number. It signifies that you have nothing. You can't put a numerical value on a concept, and you need a numerical value to classify something as even or odd.

 

[knhirt]

Neither.... zero is not a number, but a lack there of.

Wait, what?
Zero is not like darkness (being the absence of light).

Zero is a number like any other, and it is even.
Source: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57104.html

 

[ThunderDumpling]

Neither, you can't divide 0 by 2 or any other number.
Do I win?

....
0/2
... right

 

[zfactor]

Neither, you can't divide 0 by 2 or any other number.
Do I win?

Um, yeah, you can. You just get zero. It is also by definition, even. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_of_zero

 

[Jake0fTrades]

Nothingness cannot be classified into any category or class. It simply isn't.

 

[Dags90]

Neither, you can't divide 0 by 2 or any other number.
Do I win?

Yes you can. You can't divide by 0, but you can divide 0 by any non-zero real number.

 

[Amondren]

Neither.... zero is not a number, but a lack there of.

This is the answer if you ask any math teacher/professor and I agree with it.

 

[Guinasso]

neither because it is a mathematical concept not a number.

 

[Zantos]

Neither... Zero is not an integer.

The concept of even and odd only applies to integers therefore 2 is even, 3 is odd, 3.5 is neither and 0 is neither also.

Actually zero is an element in the set of integers (the Z set).

Strictly speaking it's even, since when you do set mappings you use 2*n for evens and 2n+(or -)1 for odds where n is an integer. However the principle of odd and even is only really used in natural number mappings, and 0 is not a natural number. So essentially from an analytical maths perspective it doesn't really matter but for the sake of completeness it's even.

 

[ThunderDumpling]

I think 0 is a concept more than an actual number.It signifies that you have nothing. You can't put a numerical value on a concept, and you need a numerical value to classify something as even or odd.

Zero has NO value.

It is neither and both at the same time.

It is NIL

Neither... Zero is not an integer.

The concept of even and odd only applies to integers therefore 2 is even, 3 is odd, 3.5 is neither and 0 is neither also.

Neither.... zero is not a number, but a lack there of.

We're kidding right?

 

[sylekage]

Even, because it's a multiple of....no wait, odd because it's...noo, it's...not a number? it's...it's...oh god, oh no! *head explosion*

I'm just gonna go with "neither, it's a doughnut"