 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...2. A common multiple of two or more numbers contains all the prime factors of each of them. Hence, 3. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which contains all of the prime factors of each of them. 71. To find the least common multiple of two... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...PRINCIPLES. — 1. A multiple of a number must contain all the prime factors ofthat number. 2. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain all the prime factors of each of those numbers. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 145. To find the least... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. 127. The least Common Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and/15. f* H NOTE. — A multiple... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...contain each of them without a remainder ; thus, 20 is a common multiple of 5 and 2. 18*S>o The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain each of them without i remainder ; thus, 10 is the LCM* of 2 and 5. EXERCISES. Name any... | |
 | Milton Browning Goff - Arithmetic - 1876 - 462 pages
...which is divisible by each of them. Thus, 12 is a multiple common to 2, 3, 4, and 6. 173. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is divisible by each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, 4, and 6, because it is... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...by each of the numbers 4, 9, and 12 ; hence, 36 is a common multiple of 4, 9, and 12. 214. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus, 24 is the least number that is divisible by each of the... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...a number that is exactly divisible by each. Thus, 48 is a common multiple of 4, 6, and 8. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each. Thus, 24 is the least common multiple of 4, 6, and 8. MENTAL EXERCISES.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...Multiple of two or more numbers, is a number that will exactly contain each of them. 137. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number that will exactly contain each of them. 138. PRINCIPLE.—The least common multiple of two or more numbers... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. Thus, 8 is a common multiple of 2 and 4. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. Thus, 4 is the least common multiple of 2 and 4.... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...a number that is exactly divisible by each. Thus, 18 is a common multiple of 2, 3, and C. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 6. OPERATION OF FINDING... | |
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Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15. 
