The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. University Algebra - Page 58by Webster Wells - 1879 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Ryan - Algebra - 1824 - 550 pages
...Ans. x— 2. § III. METHOD OF FINDING THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO OR MORE QUANTITIES. 1 45. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity in which each of them is contained without a remainder. Thus. 2Qabc is the least common multiple of... | |
| James Ryan, Robert Adrain - Algebra - 1824 - 542 pages
...a: — 2. § III. METHOD OF FINDING THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO Oil MOKE QUANTITIES. 1 45. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity in which each of ' them is contained without a remainder. Thus, 20aJ>c is the least common multiple... | |
| Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 252 pages
...2a2,of 2a86, &c. ; and 4(a — x)y* is a multiple of (a — x), of 2y, of 4y2, &c. ART. 1O9. — The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is the least quantity that will contain them exactly. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and lOxy is the least... | |
| John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...more quantities is a quantity which can be divided by each of these quantities without remainder. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which is divisible by each of them without remainder. Tofind tfie least common multiple of two algebraical... | |
| John William Colenso - Algebra - 1849 - 262 pages
...any quantity is a multiple of any of its measures. Of course, the least common multiple (L. с. м.) of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be formed, so as thus to contain each of them. 69. To ßnd the Least Common Multiple of two quantities.... | |
| Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1852 - 408 pages
...Thus, 12 is a common multiple of 2 and 3; and ZQxy is a common multiple of 2x and 5y. ART. 111. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is the least quantity that will contain them exactly. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3; and \Qxy is the least common... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1853 - 370 pages
...more quantities is the largest quantity that will divide all of them without a remainder. 107. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by them all without a remainder. 108. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no quantity, excepting a... | |
| Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 476 pages
...divided by each of them without remainder. Thus 36 ax is a common multiple of 2 a and 9 z. 55. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which can be divided by each of them without remainder. Thus the least common multiple of Sa'x8 and... | |
| Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Mathematics - 1855 - 628 pages
...hence, there may be more than one multiple of any given set of quantities. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is the least quantity which they will separately divide without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2,... | |
| John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - Algebra - 1859 - 538 pages
...3ax + a', 2ax'—a'x — a1, and 6zJ + Sox. Ans. 2x+a. CHAPTER V. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. (138.) The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be measured by all of them. PROBLEM. (139.) To find the least common multiple of two or more quantities.... | |
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