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The Number 68
68 is composite: factorization 2^2 × 17. That gives 68 exactly 6 divisors: 1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68. 68's proper divisors total just 58, 10 short of 68, the deficient case most of 68's neighbors share too. 68 has a digit sum of 14; for 68, the digital root works out to 5. 68: 2, 4 all divide 68 evenly, out of 2-12. 68 is 1000100 in binary and 44 in hex; as a Roman numeral it's LXVIII.