 | Indiana. State Board of Education - 1886 - 360 pages
...thus, 4 is a common divisor of 12, 20, 24; and 5 is a common divisor of 15, 25, 30, 35. ART. 88.—The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest exact divisor of each of them; thus, 9 is the greatest common divisor of 18, 27, and 30 ; and 15 is the greatest common divisor of 30, 46,... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1887 - 224 pages
...operations in division by rejecting factors common to the dividend and divisor. The Greatest Common IDivisor of two or more numbers is the greatest exact divisor of each of them. The two methods of finding it are by factoring and by division. The Least Common Multiple of two or... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Arithmetic - 1888 - 484 pages
...number is a number that will divide it without a remainder. Thus, 4 is an exact divisor of 32. 76. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that exactly divides each, of them. Thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of 18 and 42. NOTE.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...96. 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 is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...71. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any number that will exactly divide each of them. 72. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. REM.— When numbers have no common divisor except 1,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 196 pages
...thus, 6 is a common divisor of 12, 18, 24 ; and 3 is a common divisor of 9, 15, 24, 36. ART. 76. — The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...the greatest exact divisor of each of them ; thus, 8 is the greatest common divisor of 16, 24, and 32 ; and 12 is the greatest common divisor of 36, 48,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...thus, 4 is a common divisor of 12, 20, 24; and 5 is a common divisor of 15, 25, 30, 35. ART. 88. — The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...the greatest exact divisor of each of them ; thus, 9 is the greatest common divisor of 18, 27, and 36 ; and 15 is the greatest common divisor of 30, 45,... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...A common divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will be contained exactly in each of them. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will be contained exactly in each of them. For example, 3 and 4 are common divisors of... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...69. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any number that will exactly divide each of them. 70. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. REM. — When numbers have no common divisor except 1,... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 316 pages
...69. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is any number that will exactly divide each of them. 70. The G-reatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. REM. — When numbers hare no common divisor except 1,... | |
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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. 
