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The Number 48
48 is composite: factorization 2^4 × 3. That gives 48 exactly 10 divisors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48. 48's proper divisors total 76, 28 more than 48 itself, so 48 is abundant. 48 has a digit sum of 12; for 48, the digital root works out to 3. 48: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 all divide 48 evenly, out of 2-12. 48 is 110000 in binary and 30 in hex; as a Roman numeral it's XLVIII.