 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...PRINCIPLES. — 1. A multiple of a number must contain all the prime factors of that 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 common multiple.... | |
 | 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 common mu1tiple.... | |
 | 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 6 multiples of 5. Name 3 multiples... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 is... | |
 | 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 - 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 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... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...that can be divided by each without a remainder. Thus, 90 is a common multiple of 9 and 15. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each without a remainder. Thus, 15 is the least common multiple of 3 and 5. A common... | |
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