 | John Box (of London.) - 1861 - 138 σελίδες
...multiple of those numbers. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 6 and 4; 18 of 9, 6, 3, and 2. 76. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers : — Rule. Set the numbers in a line, and find by inspection the number which will measure most of them. Divide... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1862 - 436 σελίδες
...— It will be seen from the second and third operations above, that " dividing by any number, which will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder," according to the rule given by some authors, doei not always give the least common multiple of the... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 σελίδες
...common multiples. For simplicity we always endeavour to use the least common multiple of numbers. 71. To find the Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers. RULE. — 1°. Place the numbers in a line ; then divide by a measure or divisor, found by inspection, which will... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1864 - 238 σελίδες
...the least common multiple, especially in preparing Vulgar Fractions for Addition and Subtraction. 26. To find the Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers. RULE. Set them in a line, and strike out any that are contained in any of the others. Divide those not struck... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 σελίδες
...lowest terms. Ans. (5) Reduce -||^ to its lowest terms. Ans. (6) Reduce f^f^ to its lowest terms. Ans. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers. RULE. — Set the numbers in a line, and strike out any that are exactly contained in either of the others.... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1868 - 200 σελίδες
...6, and 8. 127. What is a Multiple of a number? 128. A Common Multiple of two or more numbers ? 13O. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers : RULE. Having set the given numbers in a line, divide by any PRIME number that will divide two or more of... | |
 | Charles Mansford - 1879 - 120 σελίδες
...192, 8000 25. 121, 187, 341, 495 26. 666, 185, 296, 407 27. 625,1625,3875,4925 16 MENTAL ARITHMETIC. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers. RULE. — Arrange the numbers in descending order of magnitude, and then multiply the first by all the factors... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1881 - 404 σελίδες
...and if the 5 were omitted, it would not contain 20. Similar reasoning applies to all examples. Hence, to find the least common multiple of two or more numbers, Rule 1. Separate each number into its prime factors, and the continued products of all the different prime... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - 1894 - 214 σελίδες
...3. If two or more numbers are prime to each other, their least common multiple is their product. 70. To find the least common multiple of two or more numbers. RULE. — Divide by any prime number that is an exact divisor of two or more of the numbers, and write the... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1895 - 398 σελίδες
...and if the 5 were omitted, it would not contain 20. Similar reasoning applies to all examples. Hence, to find the least common multiple of two or more numbers, Rule 1. Separate each number into its prime factors, and the continued products of all the different prime... | |
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Divide by any number that will divide two or more of the given numbers without a remainder, and set the quotients, together with the undivided numbers, in aline beneath. 
