 | 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 sometimes written for... | |
 | 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, 24, au(140.... | |
 | 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 numbers, is a number... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 7. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers severally without a remainder. 8. Two or more fractions are said to have a common denominator,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 7. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers severally without a remainder. 8. Two or more fractions are said to have a common denominator,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...each of them without a remainder — 4 is the common measure of ¥f. Q. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the greatest common measure of £f . 7. 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... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...divide each of them without a remainder. 4 is the common measure of £§. 7. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the greatest common measure of ^f. 8. Two or more fractions... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1843 - 142 pages
...connected with the word of, as | of f , 8. A mixed number consists of an integer and a fraction, as 7|. 9. The greatest common measure of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. ". 10. The least common multiple of several numbers,... | |
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Common Measure of two or more numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 
