Q: Is 402,313,016 an Odd Number?
A: No, the number 402,313,016 is not an odd number - it is an even 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...
402,313,016 ÷ 2 = 201,156,508
Notice the answer is a whole number and doesn't have a remainder? That means the number is even, as it can cleanly be divided by 2, with no remaining 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:
| 402,313,014 | 402,313,015 | 402,313,017 | 402,313,018 |
| even | odd | odd | even |