What are the divisors of 2372?

1, 2, 4, 593, 1186, 2372

There is a total of 6 positive divisors.
The sum of these divisors is 4158.
The arithmetic mean is 693.

4 even divisors

2, 4, 1186, 2372

2 odd divisors

1, 593

How to compute the divisors of 2372?

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 2372 by each of the numbers from 1 to 2372 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)

2372 / 1 = 2372 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 2372)
2372 / 2 = 1186 (the remainder is 0, so 2 is a divisor of 2372)
2372 / 3 = 790.66666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 2372)
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2372 / 2371 = 1.0004217629692 (the remainder is 1, so 2371 is not a divisor of 2372)
2372 / 2372 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 2372 is a divisor of 2372)

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 2372 (i.e. 48.703182647544). 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 $\frac{N}{d} = D$ )

2372 / 1 = 2372 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 2372 are divisors of 2372)
2372 / 2 = 1186 (the remainder is 0, so 2 and 1186 are divisors of 2372)
2372 / 3 = 790.66666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 2372)
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2372 / 47 = 50.468085106383 (the remainder is 22, so 47 is not a divisor of 2372)
2372 / 48 = 49.416666666667 (the remainder is 20, so 48 is not a divisor of 2372)