 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...number as a factor. Thus, 8, 12, and 16 are multiples of 4. 134. The Least Common Multiple (L. c. M.) of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus, 15 is the L. c. M. of 3 and 5, since it is the least number that is exactly divisible by... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...Multiple of two or more numbers is a number that is exactly divisible by each of them. 33. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. 34. PRINCIPLES. — 1. A multiple of a number contains all the prime factors of that number.... | |
 | John Williston Cook - Arithmetic - 1883 - 200 pages
...times that number. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a multiple of each of them. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is a multiple of each of them. What is the I. cm of 56, 72, 96. 72 = 2. 2. 2. 3. 3, (. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2.3.3.7=2016=1.0.... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Arithmetic - 1885 - 422 pages
...common multiple of two or more numbers contains all the prime factors of those numbers. [c] The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that contains all the prime factors of those numbers. EXAMPLES. Find tlle least common multiple of 1. $18,... | |
 | James Beveridge (headmaster of the Church of Scotl. normal sch, Glasgow.) - 1885 - 104 pages
...numbers so many times without a remainder. Thus, 24 is a Common Multiple of 2, 3, 6, 8, and 12. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain each of the others without a remainder. Thus, 24 is the LCM of 2, 3, 6, 8, and 12. 51... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1886 - 200 pages
...exactly divisible by each of them; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 4, 6, 8 and 12. ART. 78.—The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them ; thus, 20 is the least common multiple of 2, 4, 5, and 10. Factors. ORAL EXERCISES. ART. 79.—1.... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1887 - 224 pages
...divisor of each of them. The two methods of finding it are by factoring and by division. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. In'te gral -eom pos/ite e? a-et' •ean eel la'tion dl vls/i ble mul'ti ple LESSON ci. A Fraction... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...a product obtained by using those numbers as factors with or without other factors. 282. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder; as 12 of 4 and 6 ; and 40 of 8, 10, and 20. 283.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Finkel - Mathematics - 1888 - 518 pages
...Common Multiple of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly contain each of them. 3. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will exactly contain each of them. I. Find the LCM of 30, 40, 50. {1. 30=2X3X5. 2. 40=2X2X2X5. 3. 50=2X5X5.... | |
 | 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... | |
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