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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 343 · 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 60 and 39 =
  2. 2.HCF of 437 and 368 =
  3. 3.HCF of 336 and 399 =
  4. 4.HCF of 88 and 72 =
  5. 5.HCF of 357 and 315 =
  6. 6.HCF of 48 and 320 =
  7. 7.HCF of 4 and 34 =
  8. 8.HCF of 24 and 108 =
  9. 9.HCF of 80 and 25 =
  10. 10.HCF of 8 and 38 =
  11. 11.HCF of 182 and 224 =
  12. 12.HCF of 228 and 60 =
  13. 13.HCF of 24 and 21 =
  14. 14.HCF of 12 and 30 =
  15. 15.HCF of 91 and 105 =
  16. 16.HCF of 238 and 168 =
  17. 17.HCF of 80 and 35 =
  18. 18.HCF of 12 and 32 =
  19. 19.HCF of 40 and 68 =
  20. 20.HCF of 182 and 56 =
  21. 21.HCF of 288 and 126 =
  22. 22.HCF of 162 and 198 =
  23. 23.HCF of 368 and 345 =
  24. 24.HCF of 114 and 95 =
  25. 25.HCF of 270 and 36 =
  26. 26.HCF of 54 and 60 =
  27. 27.HCF of 121 and 198 =
  28. 28.HCF of 44 and 20 =
  29. 29.HCF of 80 and 72 =
  30. 30.HCF of 189 and 42 =
  31. 31.HCF of 44 and 28 =
  32. 32.HCF of 27 and 15 =
  33. 33.HCF of 60 and 65 =
  34. 34.HCF of 12 and 39 =
  35. 35.HCF of 255 and 272 =
  36. 36.HCF of 266 and 42 =
  37. 37.HCF of 120 and 264 =
  38. 38.HCF of 144 and 264 =
  39. 39.HCF of 136 and 48 =
  40. 40.HCF of 12 and 15 =

Answer key

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

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