 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1818 - 254 pages
...Rule for finding the greatest common measure of two numbers. "• Divide the greater by the lesser, and the preceding divisor by " the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is " the, greatest common measure." To find the greatest common measure of three. numbers, a, l, с... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 284 pages
...this Rule for finding the greatest common measure of two numbers; " Divide the greater by the lesser, and the preceding divisor by " the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is " the greatest common measure." To find the greatest common measure of three numbers, a, b, с ;... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1831 - 358 pages
...MEASURE. 466. c. The Greatest Common Measure of two quantities, may be found by the following rule ; DIVIDE ONE OF THE QUANTITIES BY THE OTHER, AND THE PRECEDING DIVISOR BV THE LAST REMAINDER, TILL NOTHING REMAINS J THE LAST DIVISOR WILL BE THE GREATEST COMMON MEASURE.... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1839 - 280 pages
...this Rule for finding the greatest common measure of two numbers : " Divide the greater by the lesser, and the preceding divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is the greatest common measure." To find the greatest common measure of three numbers, a, b c; let... | |
 | Richard W. Green - Arithmetic - 1840 - 300 pages
...number by the less, and then divide the divisor by the remainder; and thus continue dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. To find the common divisor of more than two numbers, find first for two ; and then for another... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...this rule for finding the greatest common measure of two numbers : " Divide the greater by the lesser, and the preceding divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisoi is the greatest common measure." To find the greatest common measure of three numbers, a, i,... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1841 - 362 pages
...MEASURE. 466. c. The Greatest Common Measure of two quantities, may be found by the following rule ; DIVIDE ONE OF THE QUANTITIES BY THE OTHER, AND THE...REMAINS ; THE LAST DIVISOR WILL BE THE GREATEST COMMON .^ASURE. The algebraic letters are here supposed to stand for whole numbers. In the demonstration of... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1842 - 350 pages
...466. c. The Greatest Common Measure of two quantities, may be found by the following rule ; DlTIDE ONE OF THE QUANTITIES BY THE OTHER, AND THE PRECEDING...DIVISOR BY THE LAST REMAINDER, TILL NOTHING REMAINS J THE LAST DIVISOR WILL BE THE GREATEST COMMON MEASURE. The algebraic letters are here supposed to... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Algebra - 1842 - 370 pages
...common measure of two polynomials, which may be effected by this RULE. Divide one of the polynomials by the other, and the preceding divisor by the last...remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor mil be the greatest common measure. This rule may be demonstrated as follows : . (53.) Let N and n... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1849 - 350 pages
...c. The Greatest Common Measure of two quantities, may be found by the following rule ; DIVIDE ONE OP THE QUANTITIES BY THE OTHER, AND THE PRECEDING DIVISOR BY THE LAST REMAINDER, TILL NOTHINO REMAINS J THE LAST DIVISOR WILL BE THE GREATEST COMMON MEASURE. The algebraic letters are here... | |
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II. Divide the greater number by the less and the preceding divisor by the last remainder till nothing remains. The last divisor is the... 
