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What is a number called if the sum of its proper divisors equals the number itself?
Answer
Perfect
Perfect numbers are integers where the sum of proper divisors (excluding the number itself) equals the number. Example: 6 = 1+2+3.
💡 Did you know?
The first four perfect numbers are 6, 28, 496, and 8128—the next one has over 8,000 digits!
Other options people guess
- Prime
- Composite
- Abundant
Topics
- perfect-numbers
- divisors
- number-theory
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