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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 372 · 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 95 and 60 =
  2. 2.HCF of 55 and 25 =
  3. 3.HCF of 220 and 121 =
  4. 4.HCF of 72 and 456 =
  5. 5.HCF of 55 and 25 =
  6. 6.HCF of 49 and 35 =
  7. 7.HCF of 56 and 238 =
  8. 8.HCF of 156 and 180 =
  9. 9.HCF of 221 and 182 =
  10. 10.HCF of 40 and 110 =
  11. 11.HCF of 114 and 247 =
  12. 12.HCF of 152 and 32 =
  13. 13.HCF of 35 and 15 =
  14. 14.HCF of 143 and 39 =
  15. 15.HCF of 63 and 14 =
  16. 16.HCF of 20 and 12 =
  17. 17.HCF of 77 and 33 =
  18. 18.HCF of 39 and 208 =
  19. 19.HCF of 126 and 49 =
  20. 20.HCF of 52 and 221 =
  21. 21.HCF of 207 and 460 =
  22. 22.HCF of 56 and 60 =
  23. 23.HCF of 12 and 30 =
  24. 24.HCF of 240 and 165 =
  25. 25.HCF of 72 and 306 =
  26. 26.HCF of 12 and 9 =
  27. 27.HCF of 90 and 20 =
  28. 28.HCF of 108 and 99 =
  29. 29.HCF of 196 and 182 =
  30. 30.HCF of 228 and 36 =
  31. 31.HCF of 425 and 350 =
  32. 32.HCF of 77 and 198 =
  33. 33.HCF of 51 and 34 =
  34. 34.HCF of 102 and 221 =
  35. 35.HCF of 336 and 360 =
  36. 36.HCF of 48 and 114 =
  37. 37.HCF of 144 and 224 =
  38. 38.HCF of 228 and 84 =
  39. 39.HCF of 65 and 39 =
  40. 40.HCF of 112 and 32 =

Answer key

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

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