240 (number)

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240 (two hundred [and] forty) is the natural number following 239 and preceding 241.

In mathematics

240 is:

a semiperfect number.
a concatenation of two of its proper divisors (see Sloane's A50480).
a highly composite number since it has 20 divisors total (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 80, 120, and 240), more than any previous number.
a refactorable number or tau number, since it has 20 divisors and 20 divides 240.
a highly totient number, since it has 31 totient answers, more than any previous integer.
a pronic number since it can be expressed as the product of two consecutive integers, 15 and 16.
palindromic in bases 19 (CC₁₉), 23 (AA₂₃), 29 (88₂₉), 39 (66₃₉), 47 (55₄₇) and 59 (44₅₉).
a Harshad number in bases 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 (and 73 other bases).
the aliquot sum of 120 and 57121.
part of the 12161-aliquot tree. The aliquot sequence starting at 120 is: 120, 240, 504, 1056, 1968, 3240, 7650, 14112, 32571, 27333, 12161, 1, 0.

240 can be expressed as a sum of consecutive primes in two different ways: 240 = 53 + 59 + 61 + 67 = 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43.

E₈ has 240 roots.

There are 240 distinct solutions of the Soma cube puzzle.

240 is:

A common voltage in the United Kingdom and Australia before conversion to 230V standard.
In pre-decimal British currency, the number of pence in a pound until 1971.
A cholesterol level of 240 and above is considered high risk.
The model number of the Convair 240.
The year A.D. 240 or 240 BC.
Datsun 240Z
Mercedes 240D
Nissan 240SX
Volvo 240
An area code overlay of the 301 area code in western Maryland.
The famous skit by the sketch comedy group The State is entitled "$240 Worth of Pudding"

241 has its own article.

242 has its own article.

243 has its own article.

244 has its own article.

245 has its own article.

246 has its own article.

247 has its own article.

248 has its own article.

249 has its own article.