28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.
Overview
28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.
In mathematics
It is a composite number; a square-prime, of the form (p2,q) where q is a higher prime. It is the third of this form and of the specific form (22.q), with proper divisors being 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14.
Twenty-eight is the second perfect number - it is the sum of its proper divisors: . As a perfect number, it is related to the Mersenne prime 7, since . The next perfect number is 496, the previous being 6.
