What are the divisors of 2620?

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 131, 262, 524, 655, 1310, 2620

8 even divisors

2, 4, 10, 20, 262, 524, 1310, 2620

4 odd divisors

1, 5, 131, 655

How to compute the divisors of 2620?

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 2620 by each of the numbers from 1 to 2620 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)

  • 2620 / 1 = 2620 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 2620)
  • 2620 / 2 = 1310 (the remainder is 0, so 2 is a divisor of 2620)
  • 2620 / 3 = 873.33333333333 (the remainder is 1, so 3 is not a divisor of 2620)
  • ...
  • 2620 / 2619 = 1.0003818251241 (the remainder is 1, so 2619 is not a divisor of 2620)
  • 2620 / 2620 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 2620 is a divisor of 2620)

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 2620 (i.e. 51.185935568279). 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 )

  • 2620 / 1 = 2620 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 2620 are divisors of 2620)
  • 2620 / 2 = 1310 (the remainder is 0, so 2 and 1310 are divisors of 2620)
  • 2620 / 3 = 873.33333333333 (the remainder is 1, so 3 is not a divisor of 2620)
  • ...
  • 2620 / 50 = 52.4 (the remainder is 20, so 50 is not a divisor of 2620)
  • 2620 / 51 = 51.372549019608 (the remainder is 19, so 51 is not a divisor of 2620)