| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...common divisor of 8, 16, 24, 48, 64, 96, 128, and 144 ? Ans. 4. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. ART. 133. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. ART. 134. To find the greatest common divisor of... | |
| Mathew Wilson - 1854 - 210 pages
...is the changing of the terms of a fraction without altering its value. The greatest common measure of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them •without a remainder. The least common multiple of several numbers, is the least number which they... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1855 - 388 pages
...denominator by (he same number does not alter the value of the. fraction GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. t6i5. Tne greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without any remainder. Before proceeding' to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers, we will... | |
| 1856 - 418 pages
...which will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 2 is a common divisor of 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, &c. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus б is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30. A common divisor... | |
| John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...common divisors of 60, 120, and 180. GREATEST COMMON MEASCRE. ART. 89. The GREATEST COMMON mensu.rt, or the GREATEST common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that is contained in each of them a whole number of times without a remainder. Thus, 7 is the greatest... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 4 is the common measure of J|. 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 if8. Two or more fractions... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 4 is tjie common measure of J|. I. 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 if8. Two or more fractions... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...common divisor of the 12 and the 36, is also a divisor of the 48. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOB. ART. 123. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18,... | |
| Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...numbers, is a number that will divide each without a remainder ; thus, 2 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide each withe-it a remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 18. .... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1858 - 400 pages
...divide two or more numbers without a remainder. Thus, 2 is a common divisor of 4, 6, 8, 12, 16. 94. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divido each of thorn without a remainder. Thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24.... | |
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