Book edition Common Core Edition

Author(s) Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

Pages 183 pages

ISBN 9780547587776

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Tell whether the number is prime or composite.

16

16 is a composite number.

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Step-1-Recall the concept of prime and composite numbers

Prime numbers are the numbers which are divisible by 1 and itself.

Composite numbers are the numbers which have factors other than 1 and itself.

Step-2- Find the factors of the given number

Observe that,

$\begin{array}{l} 16 \div 2 = 8 \\ 16 \div 4 = 4 \\ 16 \div 8 = 2 \\ 16 \div 16 = 1 \end{array}$

There are no other numbers which divides 16.

Step-3- Conclusion

The factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16.

Therefore, 16 is a composite number.

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