 Divide the greater number by the less, the divisor by the remainder, and thus continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until there is no remainder ; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor.  The Packard Commercial Arithmetic - Page 5by Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - 1882 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...remainder, divide tJie divisor by it, and so continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. 39. To find the greatest common divisor of more than two numbers. Rule. — Begin with the smallest... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...Divide the greater number by the Itss. If there is a remainder, divide the preceding divisor by it, and so continue until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. II. If more than two numbers are given, first find the greatest common divisor of two of them, and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...I.—Divide the greater number by the less. If there is a remainder, divide the preceding divisor by it, and so continue until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. II. If more than two numbers are given, first find the greatest common divisor of two of them, and... | |
 | Examinations - 1893 - 408 pages
...be divided by the less and the less be divided by the remainder, and this process be continued till there is no remainder the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. 10 5 Add the following repetends and convert the sum into a common fraction: .103, .2432, .11224. Give... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...numbers, we may Divide the greater number by the less, and the divisor by the remainder, and so on, until there is no remainder; the last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. 9. Find the greatest common divisor of 308 and 506. Ans. 22. 10. Find the greatest common divisor of... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 404 pages
...217 124 93 1 31 3 RULE. Divide the greater number by the less, the divisor by the remainder, and thus continue until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. Find the greatest common divisor — 3. Of 92 and 115. 4. Of 186 and 217. 5. Of 205 and 246. 6. Of... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 424 pages
...less, the divisor by the remainder, and thus continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. When there are more than two numbers, find the greatest common divisor of two of them, then of that... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1896 - 336 pages
...divisor by the first remainder, the second divisor by the second remainder, and so on, till tJiere is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. NOTE. — If there are more than two quantities, find the д. с. d. of the smaller two, then of this... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - Business mathematics - 1901 - 424 pages
...preceding divisor by this remainder; and continue to divide the last divisor by the last remainder until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. NOTE 1. — To find the greatest common divisor of more tlian two numbers: First find the greatest... | |
 | Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1901 - 472 pages
...difference. Rule. — Divide the greater number by the smaller, and the last divisor by the last remainder until there is no remainder. The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor. If more than two numbers are given, find the greatest common divisor of two of them, then of this divisor... | |
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