 Hence the rule .for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.  Rudimentary arithmetic - Page 66by James Haddon - 1849 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1810 - 190 pages
...Hence the rule .for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. The last divisor will... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1818 - 254 pages
...is itself; consequently d is _ the greatest common measure of a and b. Hence 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... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pages
...greatest number ih.it can measure two other numbers. So of » and 12, the greatest common measure is 4. To find the greatest common measure of two numbers. — Divide the greater term by the less ; then divide the divisor by the remainder, if there be any, and so on continually,... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1821 - 648 pages
...d is itself; consequently d is the greatest common measure of a and l>. Hence this Rule for rinding 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... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...Hence the ride for fmding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : — Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the "remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. The last divisor will... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 280 pages
...Hence the rule for finding the greatest common divisor of too numbers :-/-Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. The last divisor will... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 294 pages
...Hence the rnk for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : — Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. The last divisor will... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...Hence the rule for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers : — Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. The last divisor will... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1833 - 204 pages
...terms are obtained.* When the object cannot be accomplished by this process, divide the greater term by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on till nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common measure ; by which divide both terms of the fraction, and the quotients... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1833 - 268 pages
...Hence the rule for finding the greatest common divisor of ^ two numbers : — Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. The last divisor will... | |
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