 | 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... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - Arithmetic - 1818 - 332 pages
...measure of any two numbers. RULE. Divide the greater number by the lessf and the last divisor by the remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor will be the greatest common measure.^) NOTE. A number which can divide several numbers exactly, is called their common measure. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | 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 ;... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...Thus, -a'O-Ky+ o)=#5 -ay'+a*y*— a3y*+a'y*- a5, &cAnd, (y* +*')-*<! GREATEST COMMON MEASURE. 466. c. The Greatest Common Measure of two quantities, may...rule, -the following principles must be admitted. 1. Any quantity measures itself, the quotient being 1. 2. If two quantities are respectively measured... | |
 | Peter Nicholson - Algebra - 1831 - 326 pages
...numerator or denominator j and divide the last divisor by the last remainder, and so on continually till nothing remains ; the last divisor will be the greatest common measure : but if such a divisor cannot be found, the fraction has no common measure. CO Find the greatest common... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1833 - 204 pages
...by this process, divide the greater term by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on till nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common measure ; by which divide both terms of the fraction, and the quotients will be the hrvest terms. (1) Reduce... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...infinite quantity, the quotient will be an infinitesimal. To find the greatest common measure. — Divide one of the quantities by the other, and the...last divisor will be the greatest common measure. The binominal theorem. — The index of the leading quantity of the power of a binominal, begins in the... | |
 | Bewick Bridge - Algebra - 1839 - 280 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 c; let... | |
 | Richard W. Green - Arithmetic - 1840 - 300 pages
...number by the less, and then divide the divisor by the remainder; and thus continue dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. To find the common divisor of more than two numbers, find first for two ; and then for another... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 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 divisoi is the greatest common measure." To find the greatest common measure of three numbers, a, i,... | |
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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. 
