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. The Complete Arithmetic: Oral and Written - Page 83by Daniel W. Fish - 1874Full view - About this book
| Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...a number that will divide each of them without a remain- ' der; 3 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide each without a remainder; 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12 and 18. REMA-RK.... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...any exact divisor (Art. 97) of each of them. Thus, 2, 3, and 6 are common divisors of 6 and 12. 121. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest exact divisor of each of them. Thus, 4 is the greatest common divisor of 8 and 12. But 4 is equal to... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1875 - 392 pages
...60, 75, 120, and 240. 9. 16, 24, 40, 64, 116, 120, 144, 168, 264, 1728. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. 125. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number that will divide each of them without a remainder. Thus, 6 is the greatest common divisor of... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...136. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that will exactly divide each of them. 137. 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 have no common divisor (128).... | |
| Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1875 - 338 pages
...numbers. Thus 3 is a common divisor of 12 and 18. 5 is a common divisor of 10,15, and 20. Why? 112. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide them. Thus 8 is the greatest common divisor of 16, 24, and 32.... | |
| Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1876 - 316 pages
...number which exactly divides each of the numbers. A common divisor is therefore a common factor. 160. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest whole number which will exactly divide each of them. 161. One is the least divisor of a number, and... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...108? 26. 128, 224, and 320? Art. 48. A Divisor of a number is a number that will exactly divide it. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Art. 49. A Prime Number is one that has no divisor except... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...COMMON DIVISORS. 208. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a common factor of each of them. 209. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers...product of all the common prime factors, and no more. 210. PRINCIPLES. — 1. The only exact divisors of a number are its prime factors, or the product of... | |
| Edward Olney - Algebra - 1877 - 466 pages
...term arising in Geometry. 1 16. A Common Divisor is a common integral factor of two or more numbers. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest common integral factor, or the product of all the common integral factors. Common Measure and Common Divisor... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...number. 174. A Common Divisor of two or more numbers is a number that exactly divides each of them. 175. The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that exactly divides each of them. NOTE. — The greatest common divisor may be represented... | |
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