 | James Ryan - 1824 - 550 σελίδες
...Ans. x— 2. § III. METHOD OF FINDING THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO OR MORE QUANTITIES. 1 45. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity in which each of them is contained without a remainder. Thus. 2Qabc is the least common multiple of... | |
 | James Ryan, Robert Adrain - 1824 - 542 σελίδες
...a: — 2. § III. METHOD OF FINDING THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO Oil MOKE QUANTITIES. 1 45. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity in which each of ' them is contained without a remainder. Thus, 20aJ>c is the least common multiple... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 σελίδες
...more quantities is a quantity which can be divided by each of these quantities without remainder. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which is divisible by each of them without remainder. Tofind tfie least common multiple of two algebraical... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1852 - 408 σελίδες
...Thus, 12 is a common multiple of 2 and 3; and ZQxy is a common multiple of 2x and 5y. ART. 111. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is...Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3; and \Qxy is the least common multiple of Zx and 5y. REMARK. — Two or more quantities can have but one... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1848 - 250 σελίδες
...(a — £), of 2y, of 4^, &o. ^ ART. 1O9. — The least common multiple of two or more quanti' ties, is the least quantity that will contain them exactly....Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and l0xy is the least common multiple of 2z and 5y. RE MA RE. — Two or more quantities can have but one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1853 - 370 σελίδες
...more quantities is the largest quantity that will divide all of them without a remainder. 107. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be divided by them all without a remainder. 108. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no quantity,... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - 1853 - 476 σελίδες
...divided by each of them without remainder. Thus 36 ax is a common multiple of 2 a and 9 z. 55. The least common multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity which can be divided by each of them without remainder. Thus the least common multiple of Sa'x8 and... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 σελίδες
...hence, there may be more than one multiple of any given set of quantities. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is the least quantity which they will separately divide without a remainder. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 2,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1857 - 408 σελίδες
...Thus, 12 is a common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and 2Qxy is a common multiple of %x and 5y. ART. 111. The least common multiple of two or more quantities, is...but one least common multiple, while they may have an unlimited number of common multiples. ART. 112. To find the least common multiple of two or more... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard, William Downs Henkle - 1859 - 538 σελίδες
...3ax + a', 2ax'—a'x — a1, and 6zJ + Sox. Ans. 2x+a. CHAPTER V. LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE. (138.) The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more quantities is the least quantity that can be measured by all of them. PROBLEM. (139.) To find the least common multiple of two or more quantities.... | |
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The least Common Multiple of two or more quantities is the least quantity that will contain them exactly. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3 ; and lOxy is the least common multiple of 2x and by. NOTE. — LCM stands for least common multiple. 
