 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...two or more numbers is the largest number. that will divide them without a remainder. 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number, that may be divided by them without a remainder. 9. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
 | John Hind - Arithmetic - 1840 - 252 pages
...or more numbers is one which is divisible by each of them separately ; and the Least Common Multiple is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder : as 24 is a common multiple of 3 and 4, because divisible by both of them; whereas 12 is their least... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...Thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4, for it is divisible by each without a remainder. 3. THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be divided by each without a remainder. 4. Find by trial, the least common multiple of 3 and 2. A. 6. 5. Find by trial,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...two or more numbers is the largest number, that will divide them without a remainder. 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number, that may be divided by them without a remainder. 9. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...Thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4, for it is divisible by each without a remainder. 3. THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be divided by each without a remainder. 4. Find by trial, the least common multiple of 3 and 2. A. 6. 5. Find by trial,... | |
 | Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...multiple of the numbers forming the denominators of the fractions. (2). The least common multiple of any two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of such numbers without a remainder. The preceding rule will be better understood from the following example.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...two or more numbers is the largest number, that will divide them without a remainder. 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number, that may be divided by them without a remainder. 9. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...Thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4, for it is divisible by each without a remainder. 3. THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be divided by each without a remainder. 4. Find by trial, the least common multiple of 3 and 2. A. 6. 5. Find by trial,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...two or more numbers is the largest number, that will divide them without n remainder. 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number, that may be divided by them without a remainder. 9. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 204 pages
...more numbers is the largest number, that will divide them without • , e a remainder. 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number, that may be divided by them without a remainder. 9. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
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Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15. 
