Q: Is 764,074,607 an Even Number?
A: No, the number 764,074,607 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...
764,074,607 ÷ 2 = 382,037,303.5
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:
| 764,074,605 | 764,074,606 | 764,074,608 | 764,074,609 |
| odd | even | even | odd |