| Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...of two or more numbers must contain all the prime factors of each of those numbers. , 3. TJie least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that contains all the prime factors of each of those numbers. REM. — Two or more numbers have an unlimited... | |
| James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1889 - 408 pages
...by each of them. (1) 24 is the least common multiple of 4, 8 and 12. 113. PRINCIPLES. — The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that contains the prime factors of the numbers. (1) The prime factors of 12 are 2, 2, 3; of 15 are 3, 5;... | |
| Seymour Eaton - Arithmetic - 1889 - 248 pages
...number that is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus 20 is a common multiple of 4 and 5. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that u exactly divisible by each of them. Any number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits is divisible... | |
| Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 366 pages
...common multiple of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly contain each of them. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will exactly contain each of them. For example, 48 and 72 are common multiples of 6 and 8, but 24 is... | |
| Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...divisible by each of them ; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 4, 6, 8 and 12. ART. 90. — The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them ; thus, 30 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, 5, 10 and 15.... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1891 - 380 pages
...multiple of 4, 6, and 8 ; 48 (ж2 — y2) is a common multiple of 3(x — y} and 8(ж 149. The lowest common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. The lowest common multiple of two or more expressions... | |
| John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...remainder ; thus 60 is a common multiple of 15, 10, 6 and 5, or of any two of them. 142. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15. 143. Principles.... | |
| John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...will exactly divide 236, 416,324? LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. 40. The Least Common Multiple or dividend of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each without a remainder. 41. To find the least common multiple. Mule, — Write the numbers... | |
| 1893 - 252 pages
...remainder ; thus 60 is a common multiple of 15, 10, 6 and 5, or of any two of them. 142. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15. 143. Principles.—^-... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1894 - 200 pages
...expressions is an expression which is exactly divisible by each of the expressions. 124. The lowest common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. The lowest common multiple of two or more expressions... | |
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