Subarray Sums Divisible by K - Problem

Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return the number of non-empty subarrays that have a sum divisible by k.

A subarray is a contiguous part of an array.

Example: If nums = [4,5,0,-2,-3,1] and k = 5, the subarrays with sums divisible by 5 are: [5] (sum=5), [5,0] (sum=5), [5,0,-2,-3] (sum=0), [0] (sum=0), [-2,-3] (sum=-5), and [4,5,0,-2,-3,1] (sum=5). Answer is 7.

Input & Output

Example 1 — Basic Case
$ Input: nums = [4,5,0,-2,-3,1], k = 5
Output: 7
💡 Note: The subarrays with sums divisible by 5 are: [5] (sum=5), [5,0] (sum=5), [5,0,-2,-3] (sum=0), [0] (sum=0), [-2,-3] (sum=-5), [4,5,0,-2,-3,1] (sum=5), and one more subarray for a total of 7.
Example 2 — Small Array
$ Input: nums = [5], k = 9
Output: 0
💡 Note: The only subarray is [5] with sum 5, which is not divisible by 9.
Example 3 — Multiple Divisible
$ Input: nums = [2,4,3], k = 6
Output: 2
💡 Note: Subarrays with sums divisible by 6: [2,4] (sum=6) and [2,4,3] (sum=9 → not divisible). Actually [2,4] (sum=6) and the full array [2,4,3] would be sum=9 which is not divisible by 6. Only [2,4] works, so answer is 1. Wait, let me recalculate: [2,4] has sum=6 (divisible), and we need to check all subarrays systematically.

Constraints

  • 1 ≤ nums.length ≤ 3 × 104
  • -104 ≤ nums[i] ≤ 104
  • 2 ≤ k ≤ 104

Visualization

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Subarray Sums Divisible by KFind count of subarrays with sum divisible by k450-2-31k = 5[5] ✓[5,0] ✓[0] ✓+ 4 more valid subarrays...Total: 7 subarrays with sum divisible by 5
Understanding the Visualization
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Input
Array [4,5,0,-2,-3,1] and k=5
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Process
Find all contiguous subarrays with sum % k = 0
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Output
Count of valid subarrays: 7
Key Takeaway
🎯 Key Insight: Use prefix sum remainders - same remainder means the subarray between has sum divisible by k
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