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" The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that will contain them exactly. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and 10zy is the least common multiple of 2x and by. NOTE . — LCM stands for least common multiple. "
Primary Elements of Algebra: For Common Schools and Academies - Page 62
by Joseph Ray - 1866 - 240 pages
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Theoretical and Practical

James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1824 - 542 pages
...a: — 2. § III. METHOD OF FINDING THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO Oil MOKE QUANTITIES. 1 45. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity in which each of ' them is contained without a remainder. Thus, 20aJ>c is the least common multiple...
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An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: Theoretical and Practical

James Ryan - Algebra - 1824 - 550 pages
...Ans. x— 2. § III. METHOD OF FINDING THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO OR MORE QUANTITIES. 1 45. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity in which each of them is contained without a remainder. Thus. 2Qabc is the least common multiple of...
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Ray's Algebra, Part First: On the Analytic and Inductive Methods of ..., Part 1

Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 252 pages
...2a2,of 2a86, &c. ; and 4(a — x)y* is a multiple of (a — x), of 2y, of 4y2, &c. ART. 1O9. — The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is...; and lOxy is the least common multiple of 2x and 5y. REMARK. — Two or more quantities can have but one least common multiple, while they may have...
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The elements of algebra, with additions by W. Galbraith and W. Rutherford

John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...more quantities is a quantity which can be divided by each of these quantities without remainder. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which is divisible by each of them without remainder. Tofind tfie least common multiple of two algebraical...
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Ray's Algebra Part Second: An Analytical Treatise, Designed for High Schools ...

Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1852 - 408 pages
...Thus, 12 is a common multiple of 2 and 3; and ZQxy is a common multiple of 2x and 5y. ART. 111. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is...Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3; and \Qxy is the least common multiple of Zx and 5y. REMARK. — Two or more quantities can have but one...
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Ray's Algebra, Part First: On the Analytic and Inductive Methods of ...

Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...(a — £), of 2y, of 4^, &o. ^ ART. 1O9. — The least common multiple of two or more quanti' ties, is the least quantity that will contain them exactly....Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and l0xy is the least common multiple of 2z and 5y. RE MA RE. — Two or more quantities can have but one...
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A Practical Treatise on Algebra: Designed for the Use of Students in High ...

Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1853 - 370 pages
...more quantities is the largest quantity that will divide all of them without a remainder. 107. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by them all without a remainder. 108. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no quantity,...
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Arithmetic, algebra, differential and integral calculus, by W. Rutherford ...

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 474 pages
...divided by each of them without remainder. Thus 36 ax is a common multiple of 2 a and 9 z. 55. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which can be divided by each of them without remainder. Thus the least common multiple of Sa'x8 and...
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Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising ...

Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...hence, there may be more than one multiple of any given set of quantities. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is the least quantity which they will separately divide without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2,...
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The University Algebra ...

John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - Algebra - 1859 - 538 pages
...3ax + a', 2ax'—a'x — a1, and 6zJ + Sox. Ans. 2x+a. CHAPTER V. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. (138.) The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be measured by all of them. PROBLEM. (139.) To find the least common multiple of two or more quantities....
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