What are the divisors of 1149?

1, 3, 383, 1149

4 odd divisors

1, 3, 383, 1149

How to compute the divisors of 1149?

A number N is said to be divisible by a number M (with M non-zero) if, when we divide N by M, the remainder of the division is zero.

N mod M = 0

Brute force algorithm

We could start by using a brute-force method which would involve dividing 1149 by each of the numbers from 1 to 1149 to determine which ones have a remainder equal to 0.

Remainder = N ( M × N M )

(where N M is the integer part of the quotient)

  • 1149 / 1 = 1149 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 1149)
  • 1149 / 2 = 574.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 1149)
  • 1149 / 3 = 383 (the remainder is 0, so 3 is a divisor of 1149)
  • ...
  • 1149 / 1148 = 1.0008710801394 (the remainder is 1, so 1148 is not a divisor of 1149)
  • 1149 / 1149 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 1149 is a divisor of 1149)

Improved algorithm using square-root

However, there is another slightly better approach that reduces the number of iterations by testing only integers less than or equal to the square root of 1149 (i.e. 33.896902513357). Indeed, if a number N has a divisor D greater than its square root, then there is necessarily a smaller divisor d such that:

D × d = N

(thus, if N D = d , then N d = D )

  • 1149 / 1 = 1149 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 1149 are divisors of 1149)
  • 1149 / 2 = 574.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 1149)
  • 1149 / 3 = 383 (the remainder is 0, so 3 and 383 are divisors of 1149)
  • ...
  • 1149 / 32 = 35.90625 (the remainder is 29, so 32 is not a divisor of 1149)
  • 1149 / 33 = 34.818181818182 (the remainder is 27, so 33 is not a divisor of 1149)