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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 328 · 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 104 and 32 =
  2. 2.HCF of 24 and 52 =
  3. 3.HCF of 230 and 69 =
  4. 4.HCF of 25 and 35 =
  5. 5.HCF of 68 and 52 =
  6. 6.HCF of 238 and 70 =
  7. 7.HCF of 153 and 144 =
  8. 8.HCF of 10 and 34 =
  9. 9.HCF of 49 and 14 =
  10. 10.HCF of 138 and 299 =
  11. 11.HCF of 112 and 88 =
  12. 12.HCF of 52 and 8 =
  13. 13.HCF of 16 and 152 =
  14. 14.HCF of 195 and 52 =
  15. 15.HCF of 42 and 102 =
  16. 16.HCF of 130 and 150 =
  17. 17.HCF of 204 and 156 =
  18. 18.HCF of 54 and 48 =
  19. 19.HCF of 51 and 45 =
  20. 20.HCF of 24 and 39 =
  21. 21.HCF of 21 and 14 =
  22. 22.HCF of 176 and 272 =
  23. 23.HCF of 252 and 231 =
  24. 24.HCF of 125 and 200 =
  25. 25.HCF of 18 and 42 =
  26. 26.HCF of 20 and 170 =
  27. 27.HCF of 48 and 228 =
  28. 28.HCF of 96 and 168 =
  29. 29.HCF of 304 and 64 =
  30. 30.HCF of 126 and 90 =
  31. 31.HCF of 91 and 28 =
  32. 32.HCF of 182 and 70 =
  33. 33.HCF of 187 and 198 =
  34. 34.HCF of 266 and 247 =
  35. 35.HCF of 425 and 450 =
  36. 36.HCF of 209 and 66 =
  37. 37.HCF of 115 and 207 =
  38. 38.HCF of 156 and 48 =
  39. 39.HCF of 77 and 14 =
  40. 40.HCF of 60 and 190 =

Answer key

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

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