 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 450 pages
...two or more numbers must contain all the prime factors of each of the given numbers. 3°. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which contains all their prime factors, each factor being taken the greatest number of times it occurs in... | |
 | John Alexander Henderson - Ready-reckoners - 1882 - 232 pages
...A common multiple of two or more numbers is anynumber which contains them all as factors. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which contains tliem all as factors. Hence it follows a multiple of a number must contain all the prime factors... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Arithmetic - 1888 - 484 pages
...4116 ? 10. 2040, 8476, and 4238 ? 7-Z. 2192, 1456, and 1824 ? LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. 79. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which is a multiple of each of them. Thus, 24, 48, and 72, are each a common multiple of 2, 3, and 4 ; but... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1893 - 228 pages
...them. Thus, 24 is a common multiple of 4 and 6, since it is a number of times each of them. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which is a multiple of each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 4 and 6, since it is the least... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...those numbers as an exact dU xisor. Thus, 24 and 48 are common multiples of 4, 8, and 12. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which has each of those numbers as an exact divisor. Thus, 24 is the least common multiple of 4, 8, and 12.... | |
 | John Tilden Prince - Arithmetic - 1894 - 246 pages
...common multiple of two or more numbers is a number which is a multiple of each of the numbers. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which is a multiple of the numbers. A common divisor or common factor of two or more numbers is a factor... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 248 pages
...Thus, 24 is a common multiple of 4 and 6, since it is a number of times each of them. 66. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which is a multiple of each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 4 and 6, since it is the least... | |
 | Thomas Rhys Vickroy - Arithmetic - 1895 - 174 pages
...the greatest number that will divide each of two or more numbers without a remainder. 166. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which can be divided, by each of two or more numbers, without a remainder. 167. 1. Find the GCD and LCM of... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 430 pages
...number which is a multiple of each of them. Thus, 24 is a common multiple of 2, 3, and 4. 110. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which is a multiple of each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 4. The least common... | |
 | W. H. F. Henry - Questions and answers - 1899 - 440 pages
...number as a factor. A Common Multiple of two or more numbers is a multiple of each of them. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number which is a multiple of each of them. The Product of two or more numbers is a Common Multiple of them all,... | |
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The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which they will separately divide without a remainder. 
