What are the divisors of 3195?

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 71, 213, 355, 639, 1065, 3195

12 odd divisors

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 71, 213, 355, 639, 1065, 3195

How to compute the divisors of 3195?

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 3195 by each of the numbers from 1 to 3195 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)

  • 3195 / 1 = 3195 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 3195)
  • 3195 / 2 = 1597.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 3195)
  • 3195 / 3 = 1065 (the remainder is 0, so 3 is a divisor of 3195)
  • ...
  • 3195 / 3194 = 1.0003130870382 (the remainder is 1, so 3194 is not a divisor of 3195)
  • 3195 / 3195 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 3195 is a divisor of 3195)

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 3195 (i.e. 56.52433104425). 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 )

  • 3195 / 1 = 3195 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 3195 are divisors of 3195)
  • 3195 / 2 = 1597.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 3195)
  • 3195 / 3 = 1065 (the remainder is 0, so 3 and 1065 are divisors of 3195)
  • ...
  • 3195 / 55 = 58.090909090909 (the remainder is 5, so 55 is not a divisor of 3195)
  • 3195 / 56 = 57.053571428571 (the remainder is 3, so 56 is not a divisor of 3195)