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The Number 278
278 is composite: factorization 2 × 139. That gives 278 exactly 4 divisors: 1, 2, 139, 278. 278's proper divisors total just 142, 136 short of 278, the deficient case most of 278's neighbors share too. 278 has a digit sum of 17; for 278, the digital root works out to 8. 278: 2 all divide 278 evenly, out of 2-12. 278 is 100010110 in binary and 116 in hex; as a Roman numeral it's CCLXXVIII.