What are the divisors of 5529?

1, 3, 19, 57, 97, 291, 1843, 5529

8 odd divisors

1, 3, 19, 57, 97, 291, 1843, 5529

How to compute the divisors of 5529?

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 5529 by each of the numbers from 1 to 5529 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)

  • 5529 / 1 = 5529 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 5529)
  • 5529 / 2 = 2764.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 5529)
  • 5529 / 3 = 1843 (the remainder is 0, so 3 is a divisor of 5529)
  • ...
  • 5529 / 5528 = 1.0001808972504 (the remainder is 1, so 5528 is not a divisor of 5529)
  • 5529 / 5529 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 5529 is a divisor of 5529)

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 5529 (i.e. 74.357245780085). 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 )

  • 5529 / 1 = 5529 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 5529 are divisors of 5529)
  • 5529 / 2 = 2764.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 5529)
  • 5529 / 3 = 1843 (the remainder is 0, so 3 and 1843 are divisors of 5529)
  • ...
  • 5529 / 73 = 75.739726027397 (the remainder is 54, so 73 is not a divisor of 5529)
  • 5529 / 74 = 74.716216216216 (the remainder is 53, so 74 is not a divisor of 5529)