 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...numbers, is a number that will divide each without a remainder ; thus, 2 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide each withe-it a remainder ; thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 18. . REM. —... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...common divisor of the 12 and the 36, is also a divisor of the 48. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOB. ART. 123. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24. QUESTIONS.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 4 is the common measure of J|. 7. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the greatest common measure of if8.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder. 4 is tjie common measure of J|. I. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide those numbers without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the greatest common measure of if8.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 352 pages
...9G. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. 97. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. A common divisor is sometimes called a Common Measure; and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...14G. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. 147. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. 148. Numbers Prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. — A common divisor is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 2 is a common divisor of 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, &c. 167. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...is any number that will exactly divide each of them. Thus 4 is a common divisor of 16, 32, and 64. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers...greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Thus 16 is the greatest common divisor of 16, 32, and 64. ART. 20. To find the greatest common divisor... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...divide each of them without a remainder ; hence, it is always a common factor of the numbers. 119. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR of two or more numbers, Is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder ; hence, it is their greatest common factor. 120. Two numbers... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...common divisor of the 12 and the 36, is also a divisor of the 48. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. ART. 12JL The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, and 24. ART.... | |
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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. 
