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How to Solve a Venn Diagram for Multiples of 2 & 3

Venn diagrams are graphic organizers that illustrate the shared characteristics, as well as the differences, between two or more values, objects, people, ideas, places or events. This type of graphic organizer employs the use of two or more circles to show this information. You can use a Venn diagram to show the multiples of the numbers 2 and 3. Placing the multiples in the proper areas of the diagram illustrates which multiples are common to both values and which are unique to each separate value.

Instructions

- 1
  Draw two circles, with the right side of the left-hand circle and the left side of the right-hand circle overlapping.
- 2
  Label the left-hand circle, "Multiples of 2," and the right-hand circle, "Multiples of 3."
- 3
  Write various multiples of 2 in the left-hand circle in the space that does not overlap with the other circle. The following numbers are examples of multiples that you could include in this section of the circle: 4, 8, 10, 14 and 20. Exclude multiples of 6.
- 4
  Write various multiples of 3 in the right-hand circle in the space that does not overlap with the left-hand circle. Examples of multiples that belong to the number 3 include: 9, 15, 21, 27 and 33. Exclude multiples of 6.
- 5
  Write numbers that are multiples of both 2 and 3 in the section where the two circles overlap. Examples of such numbers include 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30. Note that these numbers are all multiples of 6.

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