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Yes. The only known almost perfect numbers are the powers of 2. 32 = 2^5 is an almost perfect number. It has not yet been proved whether {x: x = 2^n for n in N} = {x: x is an almost perfect number}.
Ralph likes numbers that are perfect squares but not numbers that are one less than a perfect square. Perfect squares are numbers that can be expressed as the product of an integer multiplied by itself (e.g. 25 = 5 x 5, 400 = 20 x 20, 144 = 12 x 12). Numbers that are one less than a perfect square do not fit this pattern (e.g. 24, 300, 145). Ralph's preference seems to be for the neat, symmetric nature of perfect squares.
The prime numbers of 20 are 2, 2 and 5. (2*2*5 = 20)
5+5+5+5
The two numbers are 5 and 4. 5 x 4 = 20 5 + 4 = 9