 | John Homer French - Arithmetic - 1869 - 350 pages
...and 48. NOTE. — Two or more numbers are prime to each other, when they have DO common factor. 267. The Greatest Common ^Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest factor found in each of them. Thus, 12 is the greatest common divisor of 24, 36, and 48. 269. A Common... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...any exact divisor (Art. 97) of each of them. Thus, 2, 3, and 6 are common divisors of 6 and 12. 121, The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest exact divisor of each of them. Thus, 4 is the greatest common divisor of 8 and 12. But 4 is equal to... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...divide it. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. 66. PRINCIPLES. — 1. Every prime factor, and every... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...divide it. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Art. 49. A Prime Number is one that has no divisor except... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...common divisor of the 12 and the 36, is also a divisor of the 48. THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. 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... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...that number. 131. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any factor common to those numbers. 132. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest factor common to those numbers. 133. Principle. — Tlie greatest common factor, or divi~ sor, of two... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 212 pages
...86. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any number that will div'de each without a remainder. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will divide each without a remainder. NOTE. — Numbers may have several common divisors,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 234 pages
...which will Jivide two or more numbers without a remainder. 13. What is the Greatest Common Divisor? The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. REMARKS.—1. A common divisor of two or... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1873 - 354 pages
...terra arising in Geometry. 109. A Common Divisor is a common integral factor of two or more numbers. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest common integral factor, or the product of all the common integral factors. Common Measure and Common Divisor... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 402 pages
...a number that will divide each of them without a remain- ' der; 3 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 without a remainder; 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 18. REMA-RK.... | |
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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. 
