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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 216 · 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 264 and 192 =
  2. 2.HCF of 360 and 342 =
  3. 3.HCF of 135 and 144 =
  4. 4.HCF of 187 and 66 =
  5. 5.HCF of 247 and 114 =
  6. 6.HCF of 220 and 187 =
  7. 7.HCF of 228 and 72 =
  8. 8.HCF of 84 and 119 =
  9. 9.HCF of 63 and 90 =
  10. 10.HCF of 247 and 234 =
  11. 11.HCF of 198 and 209 =
  12. 12.HCF of 200 and 325 =
  13. 13.HCF of 104 and 65 =
  14. 14.HCF of 88 and 160 =
  15. 15.HCF of 209 and 44 =
  16. 16.HCF of 60 and 220 =
  17. 17.HCF of 14 and 18 =
  18. 18.HCF of 49 and 140 =
  19. 19.HCF of 52 and 169 =
  20. 20.HCF of 84 and 18 =
  21. 21.HCF of 357 and 294 =
  22. 22.HCF of 10 and 18 =
  23. 23.HCF of 171 and 117 =
  24. 24.HCF of 10 and 22 =
  25. 25.HCF of 190 and 120 =
  26. 26.HCF of 12 and 22 =
  27. 27.HCF of 16 and 12 =
  28. 28.HCF of 40 and 22 =
  29. 29.HCF of 46 and 161 =
  30. 30.HCF of 78 and 65 =
  31. 31.HCF of 36 and 168 =
  32. 32.HCF of 400 and 475 =
  33. 33.HCF of 117 and 169 =
  34. 34.HCF of 272 and 128 =
  35. 35.HCF of 460 and 391 =
  36. 36.HCF of 80 and 65 =
  37. 37.HCF of 289 and 153 =
  38. 38.HCF of 182 and 70 =
  39. 39.HCF of 209 and 95 =
  40. 40.HCF of 275 and 250 =

Answer key

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

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