 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1849 - 346 pages
...necessary to show how to find THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. A multiple of several numbers is such a number as can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus. 12, 24, 36, 48, &c., are multiples of 2, 3, 4, and 6, since each of them is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.... | |
 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 pages
...yards of cloth, how many yards can be bought for 17 dollars ? Ans. 102 yards. TO FIND THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO OR MORE NUMBERS. The least common...multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that may be divided by them without a remainder. 43. What is the least common multiple of 4, 6, 16,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 346 pages
...remainder ; thus 6 is a multiple of 3. ART. 126. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. ART. 127. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1850 - 412 pages
...or more numbers, when it can be divided by each of them, separately, without a remainder. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which they will separately divide without a remainder. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 3 and 2, it... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...numbers, is a number which may be divided by each of those numbers without a remainder. 10. The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which may be divided by those numbers, without a remainder. Thus 8 is the least common multiple of 8, 4,... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...necessary to show how to find THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. A multiple of several numbers is such a number as can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12, 24, 36, 48, &c., are multiples of 2, 3, 4, and 6, since each of them is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.... | |
 | James Robinson (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1851 - 336 pages
...2, 4, and 8. Even numbers are those numbers which can be measured by 2; thus, 4, 6, and 8, are even numbers. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be measured by each of them ; thus, 8 is the least common multiple of 2, 4, and 8. A prime... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...remainder; thus 6 is a«sultiple of 3. ART. 126* A common multiple of two or more numbers is a number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4. ART. 127. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1851 - 356 pages
...necessary to show how to find THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. A multiple of several numbers is such a number as can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12, 24, 36, 48, &c., are multiples of 2, 3, 4, and 6, since each of them is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6.... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...140. The common multiple, of two or more numbers, is any number which will exactly divide. The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which they will separately divide without a remainder. NOTES. — 1. If a dividend is exactly divisible by... | |
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The least common multiple of two or more numbers, is the least number which can be divided by each of them without a remainder. Thus, 12 is... 
