 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 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... | |
 | David White Goodrich - Ready-reckoners - 1873 - 220 pages
...5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, etc. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number which will divide them all without a remainder. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 538 pages
...AND PRINCIPLES. 167. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a common factor of each of them. 168. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...is the • product of all the common prime factors. 169. PRINCIPLES.—!. The only exact divisors of a number are its prime factors, or the product of... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...136. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. 137. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other have no common divisor (128).... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1875 - 392 pages
...60, 75, 120, and 240. 9. 16, 24, 40, 64, 116, 120, 144, 168, 264, 1728. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. 125. 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... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1875 - 338 pages
...numbers. Thus 3 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. 5 is a common divisor of 10,15, and 20. Why? 112. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide them. Thus 8 is the greatest common divisor of 16, 24, and 32.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...108? 26. 128, 224, and 320? Art. 48. A Divisor of a number is a number that will exactly divide it. 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... | |
 | Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1876 - 316 pages
...number which exactly divides each of the numbers. A common divisor is therefore a common factor. 160. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide each of them. 161. One is the least divisor of a number, and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...COMMON DIVISORS. 208. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a common factor of each of them. 209. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...and is the product of all the common prime factors, and no more. 210. PRINCIPLES. — 1. The only exact divisors of a number are its prime factors, or... | |
 | Edward Olney - Algebra - 1877 - 468 pages
...term arising in Geometry. 1 16. 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... | |
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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. 
