What are the divisors of 3326?
1, 2, 1663, 3326
- There is a total of 4 positive divisors.
- The sum of these divisors is 4992.
- The arithmetic mean is 1248.
2 even divisors
2, 3326
2 odd divisors
1, 1663
How to compute the divisors of 3326?
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 3326 by each of the numbers from 1 to 3326 to determine which ones have a remainder equal to 0.
(where is the integer part of the quotient)
- 3326 / 1 = 3326 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 3326)
- 3326 / 2 = 1663 (the remainder is 0, so 2 is a divisor of 3326)
- 3326 / 3 = 1108.6666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 3326)
- ...
- 3326 / 3325 = 1.0003007518797 (the remainder is 1, so 3325 is not a divisor of 3326)
- 3326 / 3326 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 3326 is a divisor of 3326)
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 3326 (i.e. 57.671483421185). 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 )
- 3326 / 1 = 3326 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 3326 are divisors of 3326)
- 3326 / 2 = 1663 (the remainder is 0, so 2 and 1663 are divisors of 3326)
- 3326 / 3 = 1108.6666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 3326)
- ...
- 3326 / 56 = 59.392857142857 (the remainder is 22, so 56 is not a divisor of 3326)
- 3326 / 57 = 58.350877192982 (the remainder is 20, so 57 is not a divisor of 3326)