Full Idea
My account of properties concerns those with respect to which change is possible; it is not intended to apply to such properties of numbers as being even and being prime.
Gist of Idea
A causal theory of properties focuses on change, not (say) on abstract properties of numbers
Source
Sydney Shoemaker (Causality and Properties [1980], §02)
Book Reference
Shoemaker,Sydney: 'Identity, Cause and Mind' [OUP 2003], p.209
A Reaction
You could argue that while these properties may not cause change, they are abstract powers. Being even allows division by 2, and being prime blocks it. I say patterns are the basis, and dividing groups of physical objects is involved.