What are the divisors of 1184?

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 37, 74, 148, 296, 592, 1184

There is a total of 12 positive divisors.
The sum of these divisors is 2394.
The arithmetic mean is 199.5.

10 even divisors

2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 74, 148, 296, 592, 1184

2 odd divisors

1, 37

How to compute the divisors of 1184?

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 1184 by each of the numbers from 1 to 1184 to determine which ones have a remainder equal to 0.

$Remainder = N - (M \times ⌊ \frac{N}{M} ⌋)$

(where $⌊ \frac{N}{M} ⌋$ is the integer part of the quotient)

1184 / 1 = 1184 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 1184)
1184 / 2 = 592 (the remainder is 0, so 2 is a divisor of 1184)
1184 / 3 = 394.66666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 1184)
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1184 / 1183 = 1.0008453085376 (the remainder is 1, so 1183 is not a divisor of 1184)
1184 / 1184 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 1184 is a divisor of 1184)

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 1184 (i.e. 34.409301068171). Indeed, if a number N has a divisor D greater than its square root, then there is necessarily a smaller divisor d such that:

$D \times d = N$

(thus, if $\frac{N}{D} = d$ , then $\frac{N}{d} = D$ )

1184 / 1 = 1184 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 1184 are divisors of 1184)
1184 / 2 = 592 (the remainder is 0, so 2 and 592 are divisors of 1184)
1184 / 3 = 394.66666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 1184)
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1184 / 33 = 35.878787878788 (the remainder is 29, so 33 is not a divisor of 1184)
1184 / 34 = 34.823529411765 (the remainder is 28, so 34 is not a divisor of 1184)