 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...95. Kule 1 is generally used when the numbers are small; but when they are large, apply RULE II. — Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor...divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor sought. Find the greatest common divisor of 24... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...compact form than the first. 12-1. Hence, to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers, we may Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so on, until there is no remainder; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. 9. Find the greatest... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 348 pages
...be the greatest common divisor. 2. To find the greatest common divisor of two numbers by division, Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and the second divisor by the second remainder, and so on, until there is no remainder. The last divisor... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...by division. 15. Why must we finally get a common divisor if the greater of two numbers be divided by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so on ? 16. What is a Multiple? The Least Common Multiple ? 17. Explain how the Least Common Multiple of... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...42; it is, there- 1 2 fore, their GCD (Prin.). Bule. — 1. Divide the greater number by the less, the divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, until nothing remains. 2. The last divisor mil be the greatest common divisor. REM. — To find the... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...wnich, as it is contained in 10 an exact JQ number of times, is the greatest common divisor. RULE. Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so continue till there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. Note. —... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...number that will divide 4, 8, 20, 328, 348, and 1024, and is the GCD _8)20(_2_ 16 GCD 4i8 2 Bule. — Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor...divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor sought. NOTE. — A condensed form of operation... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...that will divide 4, 8, 20, 328, 348, and 1024, and is the GCD 8)20(2 Hi GCD 4)8 Rule. — Divide Hie greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so on; always dividing tiie last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor will be tiie greatest... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 262 pages
...improper fractions. Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so continue till there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. LEAST COMMON... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - Arithmetic - 1880 - 288 pages
...improper fractions. Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so continue till there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. LEAST COMMON... | |
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Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. 
