Divisors of a multiple of a prime (or any integer)

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I have been studying group theory for some time now, and I have noted that quite a few theorems/proofs considering finite groups rely on results from number theory, a branch of mathematics of which I have very little knowledge.

One question that I would like to have answered concerns the divisors of a product of integers.

Let m and n be integers. Is it true (and can you prove/disprove) that the divisors of mn are either divisors of m, divisors of n or common multiples of m and n?

In particular, is it true that the divisors of mp with p a prime number are either multiples of p or divisors of m?