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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 49 · 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 36 and 64 =
  2. 2.HCF of 418 and 44 =
  3. 3.HCF of 35 and 119 =
  4. 4.HCF of 32 and 112 =
  5. 5.HCF of 171 and 36 =
  6. 6.HCF of 144 and 272 =
  7. 7.HCF of 45 and 18 =
  8. 8.HCF of 26 and 8 =
  9. 9.HCF of 34 and 6 =
  10. 10.HCF of 99 and 121 =
  11. 11.HCF of 75 and 90 =
  12. 12.HCF of 161 and 276 =
  13. 13.HCF of 60 and 42 =
  14. 14.HCF of 110 and 286 =
  15. 15.HCF of 323 and 204 =
  16. 16.HCF of 90 and 105 =
  17. 17.HCF of 234 and 72 =
  18. 18.HCF of 88 and 160 =
  19. 19.HCF of 20 and 12 =
  20. 20.HCF of 75 and 100 =
  21. 21.HCF of 120 and 78 =
  22. 22.HCF of 115 and 138 =
  23. 23.HCF of 75 and 210 =
  24. 24.HCF of 20 and 35 =
  25. 25.HCF of 266 and 247 =
  26. 26.HCF of 98 and 280 =
  27. 27.HCF of 63 and 72 =
  28. 28.HCF of 182 and 70 =
  29. 29.HCF of 12 and 78 =
  30. 30.HCF of 140 and 60 =
  31. 31.HCF of 304 and 209 =
  32. 32.HCF of 266 and 224 =
  33. 33.HCF of 176 and 55 =
  34. 34.HCF of 136 and 128 =
  35. 35.HCF of 60 and 285 =
  36. 36.HCF of 16 and 44 =
  37. 37.HCF of 66 and 440 =
  38. 38.HCF of 60 and 54 =
  39. 39.HCF of 78 and 24 =
  40. 40.HCF of 84 and 63 =

Answer key

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

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