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Why is 16 a composite number?

Updated: 10/23/2022
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A number is "prime" if it can't be evenly divided by any numbers except '1' and itself.

A number is "composite" if it CAN be evenly divided by other numbers besides '1' and itself'.

16 is evenly divisible by '1' and itself, and in addition, is evenly divisible by 2, 4, and 8.

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