 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...136. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. 137. The 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... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1875 - 338 pages
...numbers. Thus 3 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. 5 is a common divisor of 10,15, and 20. Why? 112. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide them. Thus 8 is the greatest common divisor of 16, 24, and 32.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1876 - 344 pages
...the 36, is also a divisor of the 48. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR, 1 23. The Greatest Common DiTisoj of two or more numbers is the greatest number that...is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24. 118. What is a common divisor of two or more numbers? — 119. The rule ? — 121. Of what is the common... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1876 - 202 pages
...that will divide each uf th.'.m without remainder ; thud 3 is a common divisor of 12, 18, and 30. 12o. The GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of themwithout remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 30. NOTE. A divisor of... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...108? 26. 128, 224, and 320? Art. 48. A Divisor of a number is a number that will exactly divide it. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Art. 49. A Prime Number is one that has no divisor except itself and 1.... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1876 - 316 pages
...number which exactly divides each of the numbers. A common divisor is therefore a common factor. 160. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide each of them. 161. One is the least divisor of a number, and... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...any number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus, 2 is a common divisor of 4 and 8. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus, 4 is the greatest common divisor of 4 and 8. ORAL EXERCISES. 1. Name the greatest common divisors of... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1882 - 526 pages
...210 105 35 7 147. A common divisor of two or more numbers is any factor common to those numbers. 148. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest factor common to those numbers. 1. What composite number is the greatest common divisor of 24, 60,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...or more numbers is any factor found in each of them. Thus, 7 is a common divisor of 14 and 21. 88. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest factor found in each of them. Thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 18 and 24. 89. Numbers are... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1882 - 358 pages
...term 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... | |
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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, and 24. 
