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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 398 · 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 63 and 357 =
  2. 2.HCF of 256 and 208 =
  3. 3.HCF of 143 and 44 =
  4. 4.HCF of 228 and 209 =
  5. 5.HCF of 374 and 264 =
  6. 6.HCF of 300 and 175 =
  7. 7.HCF of 160 and 140 =
  8. 8.HCF of 75 and 70 =
  9. 9.HCF of 28 and 68 =
  10. 10.HCF of 144 and 234 =
  11. 11.HCF of 306 and 72 =
  12. 12.HCF of 78 and 108 =
  13. 13.HCF of 150 and 275 =
  14. 14.HCF of 48 and 152 =
  15. 15.HCF of 117 and 180 =
  16. 16.HCF of 456 and 336 =
  17. 17.HCF of 30 and 100 =
  18. 18.HCF of 40 and 90 =
  19. 19.HCF of 176 and 160 =
  20. 20.HCF of 320 and 380 =
  21. 21.HCF of 264 and 168 =
  22. 22.HCF of 285 and 304 =
  23. 23.HCF of 144 and 128 =
  24. 24.HCF of 144 and 63 =
  25. 25.HCF of 110 and 132 =
  26. 26.HCF of 144 and 88 =
  27. 27.HCF of 63 and 36 =
  28. 28.HCF of 44 and 72 =
  29. 29.HCF of 342 and 133 =
  30. 30.HCF of 64 and 28 =
  31. 31.HCF of 198 and 216 =
  32. 32.HCF of 198 and 242 =
  33. 33.HCF of 95 and 342 =
  34. 34.HCF of 98 and 35 =
  35. 35.HCF of 432 and 456 =
  36. 36.HCF of 270 and 105 =
  37. 37.HCF of 104 and 40 =
  38. 38.HCF of 126 and 306 =
  39. 39.HCF of 21 and 140 =
  40. 40.HCF of 234 and 65 =

Answer key

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

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