 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...— Resolve the given numbers into their prime factors; select all the different factors, taking each the greatest number of times it is found in any one of the numbers, and multiply together the factors thus selected. The product will be the least common... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1884 - 334 pages
...or more quantities without a, remainder. Thus, i8a is a common multiple of 2, 3, 6, and g. 146. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is...quantity that can be divided by each of them without u remainder. Thus, 2 1 is the least common multiple of 3 and 7 ; 30 is the least common multiple of... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1886 - 396 pages
...by each separately without a remainder. Thus 20a3b2 is a common multiple of 4a6 and 5a262. 101. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by each without a re, mainder. Thus 12a2 is the least common multiple of 3a2.and 4a. 102. It is obvious that... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1888 - 336 pages
...common multiple of 2, 3, 6, and g. 146. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the leant quantity that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 2t is the least common multiple of 3 and 7 ; 30 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 5.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 190 pages
...Common Multiple of two or more quantities is a quantity which is a multiple of each of them. 119. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which is a multiple of each of them. NOTE. — The primary idea of a multiple is that of a number of... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1897 - 538 pages
..." A common multiple of two or more quantities is one which is exactly divisible by each of them. A least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity exactly divisible by each of them. 57. Factor the given quantities, and affect each factor with the... | |
 | William Freeland - Algebra - 1895 - 328 pages
...Multiple of two or more quantities is one into which each of them can be exactly divided. 156. The Least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity into which each of the given quantities can be exactly divided. LCM stands for " Least Common Multiple."... | |
 | Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Arithmetic - 1897 - 332 pages
...least common multiple of two or more numbers is the product of all their prime factors, each taken the greatest number of times it is found in any one of them. 121. Write all the multiples of 2, to 36 ; all the multiples of 3, to 36. 122. Make a list of... | |
 | Alvord D. Robinson - Arithmetic - 1902 - 652 pages
...times. Therefore, The Least Common Multiple of two or more number* must contain every prime factor the greatest number of times it is found in any one of the numbers. ILLUSTRATION: What is the LCM of 12, 18, and 24? EXPLANATION : The prime factors of 12... | |
 | Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Algebra - 1902 - 336 pages
...common multiple (ZCM) of two or more expressions is the product of all their prime factors, each taken the greatest number of times it is found in any one of them. By definition, the LCM of two or more expressions is the lowest expression which will contain... | |
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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. 
