 The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.  The Packard Commercial Arithmetic - Page 4by Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - 1882 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 212 pages
...86. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any number that will div'de each without a remainder. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...number that will divide each without a remainder. NOTE. — Numbers may have several common divisors, but only one greatest common divisor. EXAMPLE.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 234 pages
...which will Jivide two or more numbers without a remainder. 13. What is the Greatest Common Divisor? The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. REMARKS.—1. A common divisor of two or more numbers is always a common... | |
 | Henry Beadman Bryant, Emerson Elbridge White, Corydon Giles Stowell - Business mathematics - 1872 - 576 pages
...$32, $60. 9. " 2 ft,, 8 in., 10 in., 1 ft. 10. " 7, 9, 11, 23. 176. The Greatest Common Measure, or Greatest Common Divisor, of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly measure each of them. Abbreviation, GCD 1. What is the GCD of 24, 32, 80 ? 2. " " " 40, 60,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...a number that will divide each of them without a remain- ' der; 3 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers,...number that will divide each without a remainder; 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 18. REMA-RK. — 1. Two numbers may have several common... | |
 | David White Goodrich - Ready-reckoners - 1873 - 220 pages
...5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, etc. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number which will divide them all without a remainder. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1873 - 354 pages
...terra arising in Geometry. 109. A Common Divisor is a common integral factor of two or more numbers. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest common integral factor, or the product of all the common integral factors. Common Measure and Common... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...any exact divisor (Art. 97) of each of them. Thus, 2, 3, and 6 are common divisors of 6 and 12. 121. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest exact divisor of each of them. Thus, 4 is the greatest common divisor of 8 and 12. But 4 is equal to... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. 137. Ttie Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other have no common divisor (128). A common divisor... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 538 pages
...AND PRINCIPLES. 167. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a common factor of each of them. 168. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest common factor, and is the • product of all the common prime factors. 169. PRINCIPLES.—!. The only... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1875 - 392 pages
...60, 75, 120, and 240. 9. 16, 24, 40, 64, 116, 120, 144, 168, 264, 1728. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. 125. 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 18, 24, and 30. NOTES. — I.... | |
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