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The Number 24

24 is composite: factorization 2^3 × 3. That gives 24 exactly 8 divisors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24. 24's proper divisors total 36, 12 more than 24 itself, so 24 is abundant. 24 has a digit sum of 6; for 24, the digital root works out to 6. 24: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 all divide 24 evenly, out of 2-12. 24 is 11000 in binary and 18 in hex; as a Roman numeral it's XXIV.