odd number

noun

: a whole number that is not able to be divided by two into two equal whole numbers
The numbers 1, 3, 5, and 7 are odd numbers.

Examples of odd number in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Punkin and Jenny go next and are also successful, but the group quickly realizes there’s an odd number of players left. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024 Why didn’t the MTA try the even and odd number rule? Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024 Bottom line Consider an odd number that the Federal Reserve and many economists track carefully – inflation minus food and energy. Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2024 At the challenge, the castaways drew rocks to split into two teams, with Tiffany having to sit out because of an odd number of players. Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024 Any odd number of twists produces a Möbius strip, because the resulting shape still has only one side. Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024 Attempts to derive ought from is are like attempts to reach an odd number by adding together even numbers. Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2010 And then there’s the annoying odd number thing, based on the specious notion that readers are more curious about the specificity of, say, nine and 21 than 10 and 20. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024 In dimensions five and higher — remember, contact manifolds can only have an odd number of dimensions — these questions still aren’t answered. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023

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“Odd number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odd%20number. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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