Q: Is 488,724,843 an Odd Number?
A: Yes, the number 488,724,843 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...
488,724,843 ÷ 2 = 244,362,421.5
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:
488,724,841 | 488,724,842 | 488,724,844 | 488,724,845 |
odd | even | even | odd |