242 (number)

242 (two hundred [and] forty-two) is the natural number following 241 and preceding 243.

242 is the smallest integer to start a run of four consecutive integers with the same number of divisors.R. K. Guy Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, section B18.D. Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers, Penguin Books, NY, 1986: 147, 176.

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