 The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thu4, 18 is the greatest, common divisor of 36 and 54, since it is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder.  The Elementary Arithmetic: Oral and Written - Page 83by Albert Newton Raub - 1877 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George E. Seymour - Arithmetic - 1880 - 332 pages
...itself and unity. 87. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is an exact divisor of each of them. 88. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE. The Greatest Common Divisor of several numbers is the product of all the factors... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1880 - 216 pages
...is a common integral factor; that is, a whole number which exactly divides each of the numbers. 44. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide each of them. 8. Why is|=£? Ans. Because 4ths are twice as... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1880 - 354 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... | |
 | H. Bryant - 1881 - 574 pages
...$32, $60. 9. " 2 ft, 8 in., 10 in., 1 ft. 10. « 7, 9, 11, 23. 176. The Greatest Common Measure, or Greatest Common Divisor, of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly measure each of them. Abbreviation, GCD 1. What is the GCD of 24, 32, 80 ? 2. " « « 40, 60, 100 ?... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1881 - 506 pages
...ter n arising in Geometry. 116. 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 Mensure and Common... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin, Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1831 - 386 pages
...and 24? 87. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any factor found in each of them. Thus, 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... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1882 - 190 pages
...remainder. Thus, 2 is a common measure of 4, 6, 10, 12, 18, &c. The Greatest Common Measure, (G. 0. M.,) of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thus, 6 is the GCM of 12, 18, 24, 30. To find the GCM of two number!. RULE. — Divide the greater number by the less;... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...number that will divide each without a remainder ; hence it is a common factor of each of them. 22. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each without a remainder ; hence it is their greatest common factor. Thus, 2, 3, 4, and 12 are... | |
 | 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... | |
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