2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb
index fecef1da52..e983d5c0f9 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/fixnum/even_odd'
 class Fixnum #:nodoc:
   include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Fixnum::EvenOdd
 end
+
+class Bignum #:nodoc:
+  include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Fixnum::EvenOdd
+end
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum/even_odd.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum/even_odd.rb
index 1fa6b95846..c0e9da18fa 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum/even_odd.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum/even_odd.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
       # * 2.even? # => true
       # * 2.odd? # => false
       module EvenOdd
+        def multiple_of?(number)
+          self % number == 0
+        end
+        
         def even?
-          self % 2 == 0
+          multiple_of? 2
         end
         
         def odd?