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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 234 · 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 80 and 128 =
  2. 2.HCF of 260 and 200 =
  3. 3.HCF of 240 and 32 =
  4. 4.HCF of 28 and 8 =
  5. 5.HCF of 36 and 30 =
  6. 6.HCF of 200 and 475 =
  7. 7.HCF of 51 and 289 =
  8. 8.HCF of 135 and 240 =
  9. 9.HCF of 60 and 216 =
  10. 10.HCF of 72 and 312 =
  11. 11.HCF of 126 and 147 =
  12. 12.HCF of 35 and 40 =
  13. 13.HCF of 414 and 115 =
  14. 14.HCF of 150 and 175 =
  15. 15.HCF of 252 and 154 =
  16. 16.HCF of 360 and 54 =
  17. 17.HCF of 225 and 400 =
  18. 18.HCF of 120 and 112 =
  19. 19.HCF of 136 and 187 =
  20. 20.HCF of 45 and 30 =
  21. 21.HCF of 110 and 198 =
  22. 22.HCF of 48 and 36 =
  23. 23.HCF of 96 and 18 =
  24. 24.HCF of 105 and 119 =
  25. 25.HCF of 69 and 460 =
  26. 26.HCF of 255 and 300 =
  27. 27.HCF of 255 and 30 =
  28. 28.HCF of 28 and 24 =
  29. 29.HCF of 221 and 85 =
  30. 30.HCF of 399 and 189 =
  31. 31.HCF of 36 and 42 =
  32. 32.HCF of 72 and 160 =
  33. 33.HCF of 27 and 72 =
  34. 34.HCF of 190 and 200 =
  35. 35.HCF of 266 and 171 =
  36. 36.HCF of 224 and 144 =
  37. 37.HCF of 299 and 437 =
  38. 38.HCF of 255 and 221 =
  39. 39.HCF of 84 and 132 =
  40. 40.HCF of 84 and 114 =

Answer key

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

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