| 1893 - 252 pages
...remainder ; thus 60 is a common multiple of 15, 10, 6 and 5, or of any two of them. 142. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15. 143. Principles.—^-... | |
| Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 332 pages
...TJie common multiple of several numbers must contain all the factors of all the numbers. 5. 77ie least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain all the prime factors of the numbers given. 153. To Find the Least Common Multiple of... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1894 - 200 pages
...expressions is an expression which is exactly divisible by each of the expressions. 124. The lowest common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. The lowest common multiple of two or more expressions... | |
| Bothwell Graham - Arithmetic - 1895 - 240 pages
...4; and 6. NOTE. — The Least Common Multiple may be denoted by the letters L. С. М. 87. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. Thus 12 is the LC М. of 2, 3, 4, and 6. It is evident... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 398 pages
...divisible by each of the given numbers ; thus, 48 is the common multiple of 4, 6, and 8. 101 The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is divisible by each of the given numbers ; thus, 24 is the least common multiple of 4, 6, and 8. 105.... | |
| Education - 1898 - 558 pages
...is a number that will exactly divide each of them; 9 is a common divisor of 27 and 63. (b) The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them; 36 is the least common multiple of 18 and 12. (c) A scale is... | |
| Amos W. Plummer - Arithmetic - 1898 - 104 pages
...by each of them; as, 24 is a common multiple of 6 and 4. The least common multiple (lcm) of several numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them ; as, 24 is the 1. cm of 6, 8, and 12. The lcm must contain all the different prime factors the greatest... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Arithmetic - 1898 - 146 pages
...divisible by all of the given numbers. 5. What is the least common multiple of 3, 4, and 6 ? 6. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is divisible by the given numbers. 7. A multiple of a number contains all the prime factors of that... | |
| Samuel Wesley Baird - Arithmetic - 1901 - 388 pages
...and 8, because 24 can be divided by each of them without a remainder. multiple of 3 and 7, because 21 is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder. NOTE. —The initial letters LCM are generally used to denote Least Common Multiple. 128. The Least... | |
| William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1901 - 154 pages
...numbers is a number that can be exactly divided by each of them. 32 is a multiple of 8 and 16. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be exactly divided by each. 24 is the least common multiple of 12, 6, and 8. 1. Let us find the least... | |
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