 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; 24 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number that is divisible by each of them. 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4. REMARKS. — 1. Since the common... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...PRINCIPLES. — 1. A multiple of a number must contain all the prime factors of that number, 2. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain all the prime factors of each of those numbers. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 145. To find the least... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...of 2, 4, 8, and 16. 69. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 4. 70. Since a product is a multiple of all its factors, it is plain that a common multiple... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...PRINCIPLES. — 1. A multiple of a number must contain all the prime factors ofthat number. 2. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain all the prime factors of each of those numbers. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 145. To find the least... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...by each of the numbers 4, 9, and 12 ; hence, 36 is a common multiple of 4, 9, and 12. 214. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least...number that is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus, 24 is the least number that is divisible by each of the numbers 6 and 8 ; hence, 24 is the least common... | |
 | Milton Browning Goff - Arithmetic - 1876 - 462 pages
...which is divisible by each of them. Thus, 12 is a multiple common to 2, 3, 4, and 6. 173. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is divisible by each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, 4, and 6, because it is the... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...contain each of them without a remainder ; thus, 20 is a common multiple of 5 and 2. 18*S>o The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that will contain each of them without i remainder ; thus, 10 is the LCM* of 2 and 5. EXERCISES. Name any... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. Thus, 8 is a common multiple of 2 and 4. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the given numbers. Thus, 4 is the least common multiple of 2 and 4. Note. — The least common multiple... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...a number that is exactly divisible by each. Thus, 48 is a common multiple of 4, 6, and 8. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each. Thus, 24 is the least common multiple of 4, 6, and 8. MENTAL EXERCISES. 1. What are the prime factors... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...Multiple of two or more numbers, is a number that will exactly contain each of them. 137. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number that will exactly contain each of them. 138. PRINCIPLE.—The least common multiple of two or more numbers... | |
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The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. 
