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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 313 · 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 456 and 168 =
  2. 2.HCF of 105 and 45 =
  3. 3.HCF of 40 and 300 =
  4. 4.HCF of 88 and 96 =
  5. 5.HCF of 322 and 69 =
  6. 6.HCF of 125 and 475 =
  7. 7.HCF of 160 and 72 =
  8. 8.HCF of 80 and 110 =
  9. 9.HCF of 264 and 408 =
  10. 10.HCF of 144 and 60 =
  11. 11.HCF of 25 and 30 =
  12. 12.HCF of 285 and 45 =
  13. 13.HCF of 253 and 115 =
  14. 14.HCF of 456 and 72 =
  15. 15.HCF of 84 and 63 =
  16. 16.HCF of 35 and 10 =
  17. 17.HCF of 228 and 60 =
  18. 18.HCF of 176 and 187 =
  19. 19.HCF of 322 and 69 =
  20. 20.HCF of 77 and 121 =
  21. 21.HCF of 360 and 48 =
  22. 22.HCF of 60 and 255 =
  23. 23.HCF of 24 and 90 =
  24. 24.HCF of 119 and 112 =
  25. 25.HCF of 26 and 10 =
  26. 26.HCF of 50 and 375 =
  27. 27.HCF of 27 and 24 =
  28. 28.HCF of 252 and 238 =
  29. 29.HCF of 54 and 117 =
  30. 30.HCF of 44 and 198 =
  31. 31.HCF of 180 and 117 =
  32. 32.HCF of 180 and 70 =
  33. 33.HCF of 304 and 57 =
  34. 34.HCF of 18 and 22 =
  35. 35.HCF of 40 and 76 =
  36. 36.HCF of 221 and 68 =
  37. 37.HCF of 240 and 72 =
  38. 38.HCF of 110 and 154 =
  39. 39.HCF of 187 and 22 =
  40. 40.HCF of 234 and 288 =

Answer key

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

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