What are the divisors of 1346?
1, 2, 673, 1346
- There is a total of 4 positive divisors.
- The sum of these divisors is 2022.
- The arithmetic mean is 505.5.
2 even divisors
2, 1346
2 odd divisors
1, 673
How to compute the divisors of 1346?
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.
Brute force algorithm
We could start by using a brute-force method which would involve dividing 1346 by each of the numbers from 1 to 1346 to determine which ones have a remainder equal to 0.
(where is the integer part of the quotient)
- 1346 / 1 = 1346 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 1346)
- 1346 / 2 = 673 (the remainder is 0, so 2 is a divisor of 1346)
- 1346 / 3 = 448.66666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 1346)
- ...
- 1346 / 1345 = 1.0007434944238 (the remainder is 1, so 1345 is not a divisor of 1346)
- 1346 / 1346 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 1346 is a divisor of 1346)
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 1346 (i.e. 36.687872655688). Indeed, if a number N has a divisor D greater than its square root, then there is necessarily a smaller divisor d such that:
(thus, if , then )
- 1346 / 1 = 1346 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 1346 are divisors of 1346)
- 1346 / 2 = 673 (the remainder is 0, so 2 and 673 are divisors of 1346)
- 1346 / 3 = 448.66666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 1346)
- ...
- 1346 / 35 = 38.457142857143 (the remainder is 16, so 35 is not a divisor of 1346)
- 1346 / 36 = 37.388888888889 (the remainder is 14, so 36 is not a divisor of 1346)