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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 103 · 40 sums
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The trick (Sankalana-Vyavakalanabhyam): Take the smaller number away from the bigger one, as many times as it goes. Now use the smaller number and what is left. Repeat until nothing is left: the last number before 0 is the HCF.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.HCF of 85 and 289 =
  2. 2.HCF of 26 and 195 =
  3. 3.HCF of 336 and 63 =
  4. 4.HCF of 35 and 119 =
  5. 5.HCF of 60 and 190 =
  6. 6.HCF of 168 and 96 =
  7. 7.HCF of 135 and 153 =
  8. 8.HCF of 240 and 220 =
  9. 9.HCF of 36 and 39 =
  10. 10.HCF of 225 and 200 =
  11. 11.HCF of 80 and 340 =
  12. 12.HCF of 399 and 252 =
  13. 13.HCF of 312 and 360 =
  14. 14.HCF of 26 and 10 =
  15. 15.HCF of 300 and 425 =
  16. 16.HCF of 266 and 224 =
  17. 17.HCF of 99 and 220 =
  18. 18.HCF of 14 and 35 =
  19. 19.HCF of 360 and 306 =
  20. 20.HCF of 35 and 42 =
  21. 21.HCF of 176 and 55 =
  22. 22.HCF of 187 and 220 =
  23. 23.HCF of 10 and 32 =
  24. 24.HCF of 48 and 30 =
  25. 25.HCF of 45 and 100 =
  26. 26.HCF of 208 and 221 =
  27. 27.HCF of 119 and 272 =
  28. 28.HCF of 198 and 187 =
  29. 29.HCF of 50 and 225 =
  30. 30.HCF of 198 and 44 =
  31. 31.HCF of 78 and 221 =
  32. 32.HCF of 380 and 40 =
  33. 33.HCF of 128 and 112 =
  34. 34.HCF of 119 and 49 =
  35. 35.HCF of 144 and 136 =
  36. 36.HCF of 36 and 44 =
  37. 37.HCF of 88 and 24 =
  38. 38.HCF of 57 and 6 =
  39. 39.HCF of 28 and 35 =
  40. 40.HCF of 28 and 34 =

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. 13
  3. 21
  4. 7
  5. 10
  6. 24
  7. 9
  8. 20
  9. 3
  10. 25
  11. 20
  12. 21
  13. 24
  14. 2
  15. 25
  16. 14
  17. 11
  18. 7
  19. 18
  20. 7
  21. 11
  22. 11
  23. 2
  24. 6
  25. 5
  26. 13
  27. 17
  28. 11
  29. 25
  30. 22
  31. 13
  32. 20
  33. 16
  34. 7
  35. 8
  36. 4
  37. 8
  38. 3
  39. 7
  40. 2

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