242

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. 242 is a nontotient since there is no integer with 242 coprimes below it. 242 is a palindrome. 242 is the number of parallelogram polyominoes with 8 cells. 242 is the difference between 355 and 113, two numbers used in an approximation of pi, 355 113 = 3.14159292035 … {\displaystyle {\frac {355}{113}}=3.14159292035\ldots }