 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...the greate? term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the hist divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, aiid the quotients... | |
 | 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 ; let d be... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor' by the last remainder, till nothing remains, the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, and the quotients... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...number by the less, and this divisor by the remainder. Proceed in this manner, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the greatest common measure. EXAMPLE. Required the greatest common measure of 84 and 144. 84)144(1 84 60)84(1... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1820 - 352 pages
...of two quantities, may be found by the following rule ; DIVIDE ONE OF THE QUANTITIES BY THE OTHER, AND THE PRECEDING DIVISOR BY THE LAST REMAINDER, TILL NOTHING REMAINS -, THE LAST DIVISOR WILL BE THE GREATEST COMMON MEASURE. The algebraic letters are here supposed to stand for whole numbers.... | |
 | 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 ; let d be... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...of two quantities, may be found by the following rule ; DIVIDE ONE OF THE QUANTITIES BY THE OTHER, AND THE PRECEDING DIVISOR BY THE LAST REMAINDER, ' TILL NOTHING REMAINS ; THE LAST DIVISOR WILL BE THE GREATEST COMMON MEASURE. The algebraic letters are here supposed to stand for whole numbers.... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...the greater number by the less. Divide the divisor by the remainder, and continue to^divide the last divisor by the last remainder., till nothing remains. The last divisor is the greatest common measure, by which both terms of the fraction are to be divided, and it is reduced to... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...infinitesimal. To find the greatest common measure. — Divide one of the quantities by the other, and the preceding divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains : the last divisor will be the greatest common measure. The binominal theorem. — The index of the leading quantity of... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1837 - 262 pages
...the greater term by the less, and this' divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, ^nd the quotients... | |
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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 remains ; the last divisor is the greatest common divisor required. 
