 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 476 pages
...which contains it an exact number of times ; a common multiple of two or more numbers is one which contains each of them an exact number of times ; and the least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which contains each of them an exact number... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...number that will measure each of them ; thus, 6 is the greatest common measure of 12, 18 and 30. Ю-î. A* common multiple of two or more numbers is any number that may be divided by each of them without remainder ; thus, 48 is a common multiple of 4, 6 and 8. 105.... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1859 - 344 pages
...any number that contains the other a certain number of times exactly : thus, 12 is a multiple of 8. A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers is any number that contains each of them so many times exactly : thus, 48 is a common multiple of 8 and 12. THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1859 - 368 pages
...called a multiple of another, if it contains the other a number of times, without a remainder ; and A Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is any number that contains each of them a number of times, without a remainder. Thus 30 is a common multiple of 10 and 6. Name a common multiple... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...exactly divide. 4, 6, 8, &c., are multiples of 2. Every number has an infinite number of multiples. 125. A Common Multiple of two or more numbers is any number that each will exactly divide. 12, 24, 36, <fcc., are common multiples of 3 and 4. 126. The Least Common... | |
 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 404 pages
...it can be exactly divided by 6. Mention a multiple of 1 ; of 9; of 12; of 15; of 20, of 25. ART. 87. A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers is any number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12 is a common multiple of 2, 3, 4 and 6,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...divisor of 81, 105, and 351, contained in their product ? CHAPTER VIII. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. 168. A Common Multiple of two or more numbers is any number that each will exactly divide. 12, 24, 36, etc., are common multiples of 3 and 4. 169. The Least Common... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...of a number is any number that is exactly divisible by the given number. Thus, 8 is a multiple of 2. A Common Multiple of two or more numbers is any number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. Thus, 8 is a common multiple of 2 and 4. The Least... | |
 | A. Melrose - 1881 - 314 pages
...contains the latter an exact number of times ; thus 8 is a multiple of 4, for 8 contains 4 exactljr twice. A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers is any number...their least common multiple. = (equal to) denotes equality; thus 21s.=l guinea. -\-lplus) addition,- thus 6+4=10. — (minus) subtraction; thus 7 —... | |
 | Alexander Ingram - 1881 - 192 pages
...contains the latter an exact number of times ; thus 8 is a multiple of 4, for 8 contains 4 exactly twice. A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers is any number...their least common multiple. = (equal to) denotes equality; thus 21s.=l guinea. + X phis) additionf thus 6+4=;10. minus) subtraction; thus 7 — 3= 4.... | |
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A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers is any number that contains each of them an exact number of times, and the least number that will do... 
