What are the divisors of 3829?

1, 7, 547, 3829

There is a total of 4 positive divisors.
The sum of these divisors is 4384.
The arithmetic mean is 1096.

4 odd divisors

1, 7, 547, 3829

How to compute the divisors of 3829?

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 3829 by each of the numbers from 1 to 3829 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)

3829 / 1 = 3829 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 3829)
3829 / 2 = 1914.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 3829)
3829 / 3 = 1276.3333333333 (the remainder is 1, so 3 is not a divisor of 3829)
...
3829 / 3828 = 1.0002612330199 (the remainder is 1, so 3828 is not a divisor of 3829)
3829 / 3829 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 3829 is a divisor of 3829)

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 3829 (i.e. 61.87891401762). 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 $\frac{N}{d} = D$ )

3829 / 1 = 3829 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 3829 are divisors of 3829)
3829 / 2 = 1914.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 3829)
3829 / 3 = 1276.3333333333 (the remainder is 1, so 3 is not a divisor of 3829)
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3829 / 60 = 63.816666666667 (the remainder is 49, so 60 is not a divisor of 3829)
3829 / 61 = 62.770491803279 (the remainder is 47, so 61 is not a divisor of 3829)