 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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. In solving certain problems,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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 in a horizontal line. Caiicel any... | |
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Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15. 
