 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 204 pages
...more numbers is the largest number, that will divide them without • , e a remainder. 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number, that may be divided by them without a remainder. 9. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1845 - 382 pages
...least number which can be so divided. The least common multiple can generally be found by inspection. Thus, 24 is the least common multiple of 4, 6, and 8 ; and 12 is the least common multiple of 3, 4, and 6. Take the last equation, We see that 12 is the... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...number that can be measured by each of them ; thus, 16 is a common multiple of 2, 4, and 8. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be measured by each of them ; thus, 8 is the least common multiple of 2, 4, and 8. Even numbers... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...and 8 ; another ; another. 2. Find a common multiple of 5, 6, 10, and 15 ; of 2, 3, and 7. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be measured by them. Thus, 24 is a common multiple of 3, 4, and 6 ; but their least common multiple... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...any number of which each of the given numbers is a factor. v Least Common Multiple. § §4. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be measured by each of them; that is, divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus 15 is the... | |
 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 pages
...for 17 dollars ? Ans. 102 yards. TO FIND THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO OR MORE NUMBERS. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that may be divided by them without a remainder. 43. What is the least common multiple of 4, 6, 16, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...of two or more numbers is the largest number that will divide them without a remainder. 9. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that may be divided by them without a remainder. 10. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number but... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...Thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4, for it is divisible by each without a remainder. 3. THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be divided by each without a remainder. 4. Find by trial, the least common multiple of 3 and 2.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...by each of them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. ART. 127. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. ART. 128. To find the least common multiple. Ex.... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...any number of which each of the given numbers is a factor. Least Common Multiple. § 84. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number that can be measured by each of them; that is, divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus 15 is the... | |
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