composite; 2 and 4 are its factors
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8 is a composite number. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.
16 is a composite number as it has factors other than just 1 and itself (2 and 8 for example).
Neither 246 nor 8 are prime numbers; rather, they are both composite numbers.
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