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The Number 254
254 is composite: factorization 2 × 127. That gives 254 exactly 4 divisors: 1, 2, 127, 254. 254's proper divisors total just 130, 124 short of 254, the deficient case most of 254's neighbors share too. 254 has a digit sum of 11; for 254, the digital root works out to 2. 254: 2 all divide 254 evenly, out of 2-12. 254 is 11111110 in binary and FE in hex; as a Roman numeral it's CCLIV.