Q: Is 16,313,443 an Odd Number?
A: Yes, the number 16,313,443 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...
16,313,443 ÷ 2 = 8,156,721.5
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:
| 16,313,441 | 16,313,442 | 16,313,444 | 16,313,445 |
| odd | even | even | odd |