Is it true that every cyclic group of order $n$ contains exactly the same number of subgroups as the number of divisors of $n$?

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The fundamental theorem of cyclic groups says that a for a cyclic group $G$ where $|G|=n$, for every divisor $d$ of $n$, there is a unique subgroup of $G$ with order $d$. My question is that whether these are the only subgroups of any cyclic groups? In other words, is it true that $G$ contains exactly $m$ subgroups where $m$ is the number of divisors of $|G|$?

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Yes. You know that for each divisor $d$ of $n$ there is a unique subgroup of order $d$. And Lagrangre's theorem tells us that if $k$ is not a divisor of $n$ then there can't be a subgroup of order $k$. Hence there can't be subgroups of other orders.