Q: Is 747,574,527 an Even Number?
A: No, the number 747,574,527 is not an even number - it is an odd number.
An even number is any integer (a whole number) that can be divided by 2. If you can cleanly divide a number by 2, the number is even. If you divide by 2 and there is a remainder left, then the number is odd.
Let's try that calculation...
747,574,527 ÷ 2 = 373,787,263.5
Notice the number is not a whole number and has a remainder (the .5)? That means the number is an odd number.
Any number that ends in 2, 4, 6 or 8 is even. If the number is larger than 10, if it ends in 0 it is also an even number. They are even because they can be divided by 2 evenly.
Here are more examples of even and odd numbers in sequence:
| 747,574,525 | 747,574,526 | 747,574,528 | 747,574,529 |
| odd | even | even | odd |