What are the divisors of 5752?

1, 2, 4, 8, 719, 1438, 2876, 5752

6 even divisors

2, 4, 8, 1438, 2876, 5752

2 odd divisors

1, 719

How to compute the divisors of 5752?

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 5752 by each of the numbers from 1 to 5752 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)

  • 5752 / 1 = 5752 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 5752)
  • 5752 / 2 = 2876 (the remainder is 0, so 2 is a divisor of 5752)
  • 5752 / 3 = 1917.3333333333 (the remainder is 1, so 3 is not a divisor of 5752)
  • ...
  • 5752 / 5751 = 1.000173882803 (the remainder is 1, so 5751 is not a divisor of 5752)
  • 5752 / 5752 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 5752 is a divisor of 5752)

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 5752 (i.e. 75.841940903434). 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 )

  • 5752 / 1 = 5752 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 5752 are divisors of 5752)
  • 5752 / 2 = 2876 (the remainder is 0, so 2 and 2876 are divisors of 5752)
  • 5752 / 3 = 1917.3333333333 (the remainder is 1, so 3 is not a divisor of 5752)
  • ...
  • 5752 / 74 = 77.72972972973 (the remainder is 54, so 74 is not a divisor of 5752)
  • 5752 / 75 = 76.693333333333 (the remainder is 52, so 75 is not a divisor of 5752)