 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...therefore, we have the following,— GENERAL RULE. 16. Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on; always dividing...divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the greatest common divisor required. 17. When the last divisor is 1, the given... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...fold the greatest common divisor of two numbers RULE. Divide the greater number by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing...the last divisor by the last remainder till nothing remain ; and the last divisor will be the common divisor. EXAMPLES. We q number by the least, and the... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 276 pages
...or more numbers. RULE. 1. If there be two numbers • only, divide the greater by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the remainder, till nothing remains, then. will the last divisor be the greatest common measure required.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 354 pages
...Tojind the greatest common measure of two numbers, RULE. Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the lust remainder, till nothing remain. . The last divisor will be the greatest common divisor required.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...find the greatest common divisor of two numbers RULE. Divide the greater number by the less; and this divisor "by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divi•sor by the last r.vn?.inder till nothing remain ; and the last divisor will be the common divisor. EXAMPLES. t We Divide... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...therefore, we have the following, — GENERAL RULE. 16. Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder ; and so on ; always dividing...divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains ; the last divisor is the greatest common divisor required. 17. When the last divisor is 1, the given... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - Arithmetic - 1850 - 162 pages
...number be wished for that may bring the fraction to its lowest terms at once, divide the greater term by the less, and the divisor by the remainder ; and so on, dividing each divisor by the last remainder till nothing remains. The last divisor is the number by... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1850 - 160 pages
...number be wished for that may bring the fraction to its lowest terms at once, divide the greater term by the less, and the divisor by the remainder ; and so on, dividing each divisor by the last remainder till nothing remains. The last divisor is the number by... | |
 | John Radford Young - Arithmetic - 1852 - 230 pages
...divisor a new dividend ; then make the second remainder a divisor, and the preceding divisor a dividend, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder till the remainder disappears, or becomes 0. The divisor •which thus leaves no remainder is the G. c.... | |
 | J. R. Young - 1854 - 228 pages
...divisor a new dividend ; then make the second remainder a divisor, and the preceding divisor a dividend, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder till the remainder disappears, or becomes 0. The divisor which thus leaves no remainder is the G. c. M.... | |
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Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain. 
