Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 360
- 360 is the number of degrees in a circle
- 360 is the largest number out of two (the other being 36) that have the same number of letters in its Roman representation as its double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple and septuple
- 360 is the smallest number with three distinct exponents in its prime factorization
- 360 is the smallest number which is a product of three positive integers with a minimal sum in more than one way (360 = 5*8*9 = 6*6*19, with the minimal sum of 22)
Common Properties of 360
The number n is abundant if the sum of all its positive divisors except itself is more than n.
They are abundant above perfection, not to mention deficiency. See perfect and deficient numbers.
A positive integer greater than 1 that is not prime is called composite.
Composite numbers are opposite to prime numbers.
A number is even if it is divisible by 2.
Numbers that are not even are odd. Compare with another pair -- evil and odious numbers.
The number n is evil if it has an even number of 1's in its binary expansion.
Guess what odious numbers are.
The number n is practical if all numbers strictly less than n are sums of distinct divisors of n.