Q: Is 77,220,002 an Odd Number?
A: No, the number 77,220,002 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...
77,220,002 ÷ 2 = 38,610,001
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:
| 77,220,000 | 77,220,001 | 77,220,003 | 77,220,004 |
| even | odd | odd | even |