| Charles Guilford Burnham - 1841 - 324 σελίδες
...least common multiple of two or more numbers, we have the following RULE. Divide by any number which will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder. Bring down the quotients with the undivided numbers on a line under the given numbers. Continue to... | |
| Osman Call - 1842 - 200 σελίδες
...pound. Ans. -i-gVff. XIV. TO FIND THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF TWO OR MORE NUMBERS. Divide by some number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and place the several quotients and the undivided numbers under the given numbers, and so continue to divide,... | |
| Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 248 σελίδες
...their least common multiple is 12. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers. HULK. 1. Divide by any number that will divide two or more...the. given numbers without a remainder, and set the ((uoliems, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath. 2. Dhide the second lines as before,... | |
| Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 260 σελίδες
...multiple of 2, 5 and '! ; but their least common multiple is 12. To find the least common multiple of twe or more numbers. RULE. 1. Divide by any numbe'r that will divide two or more of the siven numbers without a remainder, and set the quoi.'eius, together with the undivided numbers, in... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1843 - 318 σελίδες
...following RULE. Q. How do you proceed first to find the least common meltiple of Iwe or more numbers ? A. Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers witbout a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath.... | |
| Charles Haynes Haswell - 1844 - 298 σελίδες
...measure of 1908 and 936 ? 936) 1908 (2 1872 36) 936 (26 72 216 216 So 36 is the greatest common measure. To find the least Common Multiple of Two or more Numbers. RULE. — Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given number.s without a remainder, and... | |
| William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 σελίδες
...£97. 4s. 5 Jd — 562400. B £96. 2s. 7*d. —1804224. C £227. 8s. 8Jd.--2076608, COMMON MULTIPLE. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers. RULE 1. — Write the given numbers in a straight line, with. commas between them. 2. — Divide by any number... | |
| Almon Ticknor - 1846 - 274 σελίδες
...contains another several times, as 9 is the multiple of 3, containing it 3 times ; 16 of 4, &c. RULE I. Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set down the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in a line beneath. 2. Divide the second line... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 434 σελίδες
...of them ? 176. a. Upon what principle does this rule depend ? Obs. Why do you divide by the smallest number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder 1 Ex. 2. What is the least common multiple of 6, 8, and 12 ? Analysis. — By resolving the given numbers... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 432 σελίδες
...&c., is 36, which is the answer required. In the second and third operations, we divide by numbers that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and in both cases, obtain erroneous answers. ffole. — It will be seen from the second and third operations... | |
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