What are the divisors of 2187?

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187

There is a total of 8 positive divisors.
The sum of these divisors is 3280.
The arithmetic mean is 410.

8 odd divisors

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187

How to compute the divisors of 2187?

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 2187 by each of the numbers from 1 to 2187 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)

2187 / 1 = 2187 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 2187)
2187 / 2 = 1093.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 2187)
2187 / 3 = 729 (the remainder is 0, so 3 is a divisor of 2187)
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2187 / 2186 = 1.0004574565416 (the remainder is 1, so 2186 is not a divisor of 2187)
2187 / 2187 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 2187 is a divisor of 2187)

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 2187 (i.e. 46.76537180436). 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 $\frac{N}{d} = D$ )

2187 / 1 = 2187 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 2187 are divisors of 2187)
2187 / 2 = 1093.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 2187)
2187 / 3 = 729 (the remainder is 0, so 3 and 729 are divisors of 2187)
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2187 / 45 = 48.6 (the remainder is 27, so 45 is not a divisor of 2187)
2187 / 46 = 47.54347826087 (the remainder is 25, so 46 is not a divisor of 2187)