Answer:
The % divides a number and returns the remainder.
To determine if it's an even or odd number, do num%2
if num%2 == 0, then it's an even number because the number is divisible by 2, hence returned no remainder.
if num%2 != 0, then it's an odd number.
I don't use java so I don't know how to write it in Java, but in C it would look something like this:
int even_odd(int num){
if(num%2 == 0) return 1;
else return 0;
}