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The Number 956

956 is composite: factorization 2^2 × 239. That gives 956 exactly 6 divisors: 1, 2, 4, 239, 478, 956. 956's proper divisors total just 724, 232 short of 956, the deficient case most of 956's neighbors share too. 956 has a digit sum of 20; for 956, the digital root works out to 2. 956: 2, 4 all divide 956 evenly, out of 2-12. 956 is 1110111100 in binary and 3BC in hex; as a Roman numeral it's CMLVI.