Q: Is 154,500,155 an Odd Number?
A: Yes, the number 154,500,155 is an odd number.
An odd number is any integer (a whole number) that cannot be divided by 2 evenly. If you divide a number by 2 and there is a remainder left, the number is odd. If you divide by 2 and there is not a remainder left, then the number is even.
Let's try that calculation...
154,500,155 ÷ 2 = 77,250,077.5
Notice the number is not a whole number and has a remainder (the .5)? That means the number is an odd number because it cannot be divided by 2 without a remainder.
Any number that ends in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 is an odd number. This is because the number cannot be divided by 2 evenly.
Here are more examples of even and odd numbers in sequence:
| 154,500,153 | 154,500,154 | 154,500,156 | 154,500,157 |
| odd | even | even | odd |