 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...remainder, it ia said to be a measure of it, and the latter number is said to be a multiple of the first. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number...can be divided by each of them without a remainder. It will clearly be a composite number, of which each of tho given numbers must bo a factor, for it... | |
 | Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 540 pages
...greatest common measure is the greatest number possible that will divide each without remainder. / 1C4. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number which each of them will divide without remainder; and the least common multiple is the least number that... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...fraction is a number, which will divide both the numerator and denominator, without a remainder. 14. A common multiple, of two or more numbers, is a number •which is divisible by the numbers of which it is a multiple, without a remainder. 15. The least common multiple... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...fractions are said to have a common denominator, when the denominator of each is the same number (25). 9. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number, which may be divided by each of those numbers without a remainder. The least common multiple is the least... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...fractions are said to have a common denominator, when the denominator of ej£h is the same number (25). 9. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number, which may be divided by each of those numbers without a remainder. The least common multiple is the least... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...more fractions are said to have a common denominator, when the denominator of each is the same. 8. A common multiple of two or more numbers, is a number which may be divided by each of those numbers without a remainder. 9. The least common multiple of two or... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...more fractions are said to have a common denominator, when the denominator of each is the same. 9. A Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is a number which may be divided by each of those numbers without a remainder. 10. The Least Common Multiple of two or... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...common multiple. (Art. 99. Obs.) 101. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus 12 is the least common multiple of 4 and 6, for it is the least number which can be exactly divided by them.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...there be of any given numbers ? 1 0 1 . The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 4 and 6, for it is the least number which can be exactly divided by them.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1846 - 266 pages
...necessary to show how to find THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. A multiple of several numbers is such a number as can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12, 24, 36, 48, &c., are multiples of 2, 3, 4, and 6, since each of them is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.... | |
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A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. 
