 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...remainder, and then this quotient, if a composite number, in the same manner, and thus continue the division until a prime number is obtained for a quotient. The several divisors and the last quotient are its prime factors. NOTE. — The composite factors of any number may be found by multiplying together... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 346 pages
...number is obtained for a quotient. The several divisors and the last quotient are its prime factors. NOTE. — The composite factors of any number may...found by multiplying together two or more of its prime factor*. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. What are the prime factors of 36 ? Ans. 2, 2, 3, 3. 3. What are... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1850 - 278 pages
...remainder ; divide the quotient in like manner ; and so on, until the quotient becomes a prime number. 2. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required. 3. If the given number can only be divided by itself, or a unit, without a remainder, it is itself... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...remainder, and then this quotient, if a composite number, in the same manner, and thus continue the division until a -prime number is obtained for a quotient. The several divisors and the last quotient are its prime factors. NOTE. — The composite factors of any number may be found by multiplying together... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...remainder ; divide the quotient in like manner ; and so on, until the quotient becomes a prime number. 2. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required. 3. If the given number can only be divided by itself, or a unit, without a remainder, it is itself... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...prime number that will exactly divide it, and so on, till a quotient is found which is a prime number ; the several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors of the given number. NOTE. — It is most convenient, in practice, to use the least prime number, which... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...remainder, and then this quotient, if a composite number, in the same manner, and thus continue the division until a prime number is obtained for a quotient. The several divisors and the last quotient are its prime factors. NOTE. — The composite factors of any number may be found by multiplying together... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - Arithmetic - 1854 - 336 pages
...of which it is a multipleProceed in this manner till a quotient is obtained which is a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required. In the application of this rule, the pupil may find it convenient to consult the following table, which... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1856 - 312 pages
...manner. and so continue dividing until the quotient obtained is a prime number. Then, a unit, 2)36 the several divisors,^ and the last quotient will be the prime factors required. Proceeding, thus, we find 2)18 the prime factors of 144 to be 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, and 3. 3)9 « 3 s^... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...any prime number that will exactly divide it, and so on, till a quotient is found which is prime ; the several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors of the given number. NOTE. — It is most convenient, in practice, to use at each division the least... | |
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RULE. — Divide the given number by any prime number, greater than 1, that will divide it, and the quotient, if a composite number, in the same manner; and continue dividing until a prime number is obtained for a quotient. The several divisors and the... 
