282 (two hundred [and] eighty-two) is the natural number following 281 and preceding 283.

• 282 is an even composite number with three prime factors.^[1]
• 282 is a palindromic number. This is a number that is the same backwards as it is forwards. 282 is the smallest multi-digit palindromic number that is between twin primes, numbers that are prime and are 2 away from another prime number.^[2]
• 282 is equal to the sum of its divisors containing the number 4. It is the sum of 47 + 94 + 141.^[3]
• 282 is the number of planar partitions of 9. This means that 282 is the number of ways to separate 9 units.^[4]

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