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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 498 · 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 56 =
  2. 2.HCF of 96 and 84 =
  3. 3.HCF of 84 and 78 =
  4. 4.HCF of 36 and 14 =
  5. 5.HCF of 15 and 51 =
  6. 6.HCF of 36 and 21 =
  7. 7.HCF of 132 and 154 =
  8. 8.HCF of 95 and 266 =
  9. 9.HCF of 28 and 126 =
  10. 10.HCF of 8 and 26 =
  11. 11.HCF of 112 and 105 =
  12. 12.HCF of 91 and 98 =
  13. 13.HCF of 44 and 24 =
  14. 14.HCF of 500 and 275 =
  15. 15.HCF of 200 and 475 =
  16. 16.HCF of 40 and 190 =
  17. 17.HCF of 320 and 112 =
  18. 18.HCF of 289 and 136 =
  19. 19.HCF of 77 and 121 =
  20. 20.HCF of 240 and 304 =
  21. 21.HCF of 375 and 325 =
  22. 22.HCF of 14 and 38 =
  23. 23.HCF of 56 and 63 =
  24. 24.HCF of 42 and 154 =
  25. 25.HCF of 72 and 68 =
  26. 26.HCF of 152 and 64 =
  27. 27.HCF of 44 and 66 =
  28. 28.HCF of 160 and 152 =
  29. 29.HCF of 323 and 306 =
  30. 30.HCF of 26 and 34 =
  31. 31.HCF of 180 and 170 =
  32. 32.HCF of 126 and 133 =
  33. 33.HCF of 182 and 252 =
  34. 34.HCF of 54 and 66 =
  35. 35.HCF of 190 and 171 =
  36. 36.HCF of 152 and 112 =
  37. 37.HCF of 78 and 36 =
  38. 38.HCF of 252 and 342 =
  39. 39.HCF of 126 and 49 =
  40. 40.HCF of 10 and 25 =

Answer key

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

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