The smallest number with 16 factors is Andrew's Mom.
The smallest prime number is 2.
In a 16 bit number there must be from zero to 16 '1'. If a bit does not have value zero then it has a value of 1. Nothing else can be represented by a bit. Example 0000 is a 4 bit number. Each bit is a zero. 1010 is also a four bit number. 0000111100001111 is a 16 bit number. 1100110011000001 is also a 16 bit number.
16
16 has five factors.
The most significant bit (MSB) of a 16-bit number is the leftmost bit, which carries the highest weight. In a 16-bit number, the MSB has a weight of 2^15, which is equivalent to 32,768.
16
48
16
16
Binary digit or bit !
48