 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 420 pages
...either of them exactly. Thus, 12 is a common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and 20xy, of 2x and by. 1H. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities, is the least quantity that will contain them exactly. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 ; ~LQxy, of 2a; and by.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1866 - 328 pages
...Common Multiple of two or more quantities is one which is exactly divisible by each of them. 93. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity exactly divisible by each of them. 94. It is evident that one quantity, to be divisible by several... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1868 - 270 pages
...two or more quantities is any quantity that can be divided by each of them without remainder. 79t The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is...quantity that can be divided by each of them without remainder. 80i It is evident that a multiple of any quantity must contain the factors of that quantity... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...that will contain all the prime factors of them, and none others. Hence it will have each prime factor taken only the greatest number of times it is found in any of the several numbers. 125. What is a multiple of a number ? — 127. The least common multiple of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1871 - 412 pages
...contain all the prime factors of that quantity. 110. A COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is one that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Hence, a common multiple of two or more quantities must contain all the prime factors of each of the quantities.... | |
 | Popular educator - 1872 - 842 pages
...without a remainder. Thus 12a& is % common multiple of 4a and (!'< ; or of 3a and 2b, etc. 115. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus 12aoc is the least common multiple of... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Algebra - 1873 - 278 pages
...an integral number of times each of them. Thus, 24a262 is a common multiple of 3a6 and 4a6. 144. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which is an integral number of times each of them. Thus, I2ab is the least common multiple of Sab and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1874 - 340 pages
...Common Multiple of two or more quantities is one which is exactly divisible by each of them. 93. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity exactly divisible by each of them. 94. It is evident that one quantity, to be divisible by several... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1877 - 280 pages
...two or more quantities is any quantity that can be divided by each of them without remainder. 79. The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is...quantity that can be divided by each of them without remainder. 80. It is evident that a multiple of any quantity must contain the factors of that quantity;... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1878 - 322 pages
...multiple of 14 and 21, contains all the prime factors of those quantities ; viz., 2, 3, and 7. 3°. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which contains all their prime factors, each factor being taken the greatest number of times it occurs... | |
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The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. 
