Which diagram best represents the relationship among Odd numbers, Prime numbers and Even numbers?

Two separate circles inside a larger circle

Correct answerYour answerA small circle inside a larger circle, and a third circle apart from both

Correct answerYour answerThree circles in a chain: the middle one overlaps both, the outer two do not meet

Correct answerYour answerTwo overlapping circles, and a third circle apart from both

Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

3 is odd and prime, while 9 is odd but not prime and 2 is prime but not odd: Odd numbers and Prime numbers overlap.
2 is even and prime, and 4 is even but not prime: Prime numbers and Even numbers also overlap.
No number is both odd and even: those two circles do not meet.
So the picture is a chain with Prime numbers in the middle, overlapping both of the others.

Worth noting

The trap is to forget 2, the only even prime. Without it you would put Prime numbers inside Odd numbers and choose the small-circle-inside-a-larger-one picture.

Concept: The even prime 2 makes Prime overlap Even
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Which diagram best represents the relationship among Odd numbers, Prime numbers and Even numbers?

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