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Python Python Basics (2015) Number Game App Even or Odd

Christian Rachal
Christian Rachal
4,039 Points

Can someone provide a solution for this problem? Having trouble getting started.

Challenge Task 1 of 1: Even or Odd

"This one should be short and sweet. Write a function named even_odd that takes a single argument, a number. return True if the number is even, or False if the number is odd. You can use % 2 to find out the remainder when dividing a number by 2. Even numbers won't have a remainder...."

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Step 1: Write a function named even_odd that takes a single argument, a number.

def even_odd(num):

Step 2: return True if the number is even, or False if the number is odd.

This needs an if statement

    if <some condition>:
        return True
    else:
        return False

What condition can you add to the if statement to test if number is even?

The challenge gave a hint:

You can use % 2 to find out the remainder when dividing a number by 2. Even numbers won't have a remainder....