 | Geography - 1867 - 964 pages
...will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus, 2 is a common measure of 6, 8, 12, 18. 30, etc. The greatest common measure of two or more numbers is the greatest number which will divide them all without a remainder. Thus, 9 is tho greatest common measure (or, as it is... | |
 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...measures another, or ia contained in it any number of times exactly, is called its submvltiple. 22. The greatest common measure of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which «ill divide those numbers without A a remainder; as 8 is the greatest common measure of 16,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...common measure of two, or more numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. The greatest common measure of two, or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers severally without a remainder. The common multiple of two, or more... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...$4545TST. APPENDIX. Prob. 1. To find the greatest common measure of two or more numbers. Note 1st. — The greatest common measure of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide them separately without remainders. RULE. — If two numbers only are given, divide the greater of... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1842 - 306 pages
...$0.525 -(-. APPENDIX. PROB. 1. To find the greatest common measure of two or more numbers. NOTE.—The greatest common measure of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide them separately without remainders. RULE. — If two numbers only are given, divide the greater of... | |
 | James Wood - Algebra - 1845 - 442 pages
...continually, till nothing is left : the last divisor is the greatest common measure required. DBF. The Greatest Common Measure of two or more numbers is the greatest number which will divide each of them without remainder. To find the greatest common measure of 189 and 224.... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...number that will divide each of them without a remainder; thus, 4 is a common measure of 12, 24, and 36. The greatest common measure of two or more numbers...that will divide each of them without a remainder ; thus, 12 is the greatest common measure of 12, 24, and 36. A -multiple of a number is a number that... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...16, 24, 48, 64, 96, 108, and 144 ? THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. ART. 133. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. ART. 134* To find the greatest common divisor of two or more numbers. Ex. 1. What is the greatest common... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...measure each of them. Thus, 3 is a common measure of 6, 18, and 24 ; 4 is a common measure of 24, 32, 48. The Greatest Common Measure of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will measure them. Thus, 3 is 'a common measure of 6, 18, and 24 ; so is 2 ; but their greatest common measure... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...common to the given numbers; that is, any /actor found in each of them. Greatest Common Measure. § 77. The greatest common measure of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will measure each of them; that is, divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 9 is the greatest common... | |
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The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24. 
