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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 559 · 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 85 and 15 =
  2. 2.HCF of 150 and 275 =
  3. 3.HCF of 54 and 180 =
  4. 4.HCF of 120 and 165 =
  5. 5.HCF of 304 and 95 =
  6. 6.HCF of 10 and 35 =
  7. 7.HCF of 210 and 357 =
  8. 8.HCF of 126 and 342 =
  9. 9.HCF of 133 and 228 =
  10. 10.HCF of 16 and 36 =
  11. 11.HCF of 27 and 6 =
  12. 12.HCF of 440 and 154 =
  13. 13.HCF of 26 and 18 =
  14. 14.HCF of 21 and 24 =
  15. 15.HCF of 140 and 42 =
  16. 16.HCF of 190 and 160 =
  17. 17.HCF of 90 and 50 =
  18. 18.HCF of 374 and 242 =
  19. 19.HCF of 44 and 143 =
  20. 20.HCF of 16 and 20 =
  21. 21.HCF of 200 and 140 =
  22. 22.HCF of 150 and 175 =
  23. 23.HCF of 144 and 32 =
  24. 24.HCF of 360 and 126 =
  25. 25.HCF of 15 and 48 =
  26. 26.HCF of 144 and 162 =
  27. 27.HCF of 165 and 120 =
  28. 28.HCF of 22 and 6 =
  29. 29.HCF of 35 and 20 =
  30. 30.HCF of 120 and 18 =
  31. 31.HCF of 28 and 182 =
  32. 32.HCF of 75 and 100 =
  33. 33.HCF of 126 and 108 =
  34. 34.HCF of 69 and 230 =
  35. 35.HCF of 85 and 45 =
  36. 36.HCF of 322 and 115 =
  37. 37.HCF of 42 and 399 =
  38. 38.HCF of 104 and 56 =
  39. 39.HCF of 184 and 345 =
  40. 40.HCF of 28 and 35 =

Answer key

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

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