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The Number 243
243 is composite: factorization 3^5. That gives 243 exactly 6 divisors: 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243. 243's proper divisors total just 121, 122 short of 243, the deficient case most of 243's neighbors share too. 243 has a digit sum of 9; for 243, the digital root works out to 9. 243: 3, 9 all divide 243 evenly, out of 2-12. 243 is 11110011 in binary and F3 in hex; as a Roman numeral it's CCXLIII.