If the sum of five integers is an even integer, what is the greatest number of these integers that can be odd?
A) Zero
B) One
C) Two
D) Four
E) Five
Sums of even and odd numbers work thusly:
even + even = even
odd + odd = even
even + odd = odd
The greatest number of these that can be odd, then, is 4:
(odd + odd) + (odd + odd) + even
= (even) + (even) + even
= even