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The Number 255
255 is composite: factorization 3 × 5 × 17. That gives 255 exactly 8 divisors: 1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 255. 255's proper divisors total just 177, 78 short of 255, the deficient case most of 255's neighbors share too. 255 has a digit sum of 12; for 255, the digital root works out to 3. 255: 3, 5 all divide 255 evenly, out of 2-12. 255 is 11111111 in binary and FF in hex; as a Roman numeral it's CCLV.