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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 137 · 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 374 and 44 =
  2. 2.HCF of 224 and 304 =
  3. 3.HCF of 64 and 88 =
  4. 4.HCF of 132 and 48 =
  5. 5.HCF of 399 and 210 =
  6. 6.HCF of 130 and 91 =
  7. 7.HCF of 266 and 182 =
  8. 8.HCF of 170 and 20 =
  9. 9.HCF of 20 and 55 =
  10. 10.HCF of 144 and 152 =
  11. 11.HCF of 168 and 182 =
  12. 12.HCF of 114 and 209 =
  13. 13.HCF of 234 and 180 =
  14. 14.HCF of 165 and 30 =
  15. 15.HCF of 15 and 20 =
  16. 16.HCF of 250 and 225 =
  17. 17.HCF of 152 and 57 =
  18. 18.HCF of 238 and 153 =
  19. 19.HCF of 85 and 45 =
  20. 20.HCF of 190 and 323 =
  21. 21.HCF of 80 and 85 =
  22. 22.HCF of 40 and 22 =
  23. 23.HCF of 30 and 16 =
  24. 24.HCF of 72 and 264 =
  25. 25.HCF of 340 and 119 =
  26. 26.HCF of 42 and 315 =
  27. 27.HCF of 112 and 160 =
  28. 28.HCF of 255 and 45 =
  29. 29.HCF of 272 and 288 =
  30. 30.HCF of 39 and 208 =
  31. 31.HCF of 396 and 154 =
  32. 32.HCF of 140 and 91 =
  33. 33.HCF of 10 and 35 =
  34. 34.HCF of 130 and 170 =
  35. 35.HCF of 50 and 425 =
  36. 36.HCF of 65 and 208 =
  37. 37.HCF of 57 and 12 =
  38. 38.HCF of 289 and 34 =
  39. 39.HCF of 420 and 357 =
  40. 40.HCF of 8 and 6 =

Answer key

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

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