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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 565 · 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 153 and 289 =
  2. 2.HCF of 18 and 28 =
  3. 3.HCF of 63 and 135 =
  4. 4.HCF of 8 and 68 =
  5. 5.HCF of 64 and 44 =
  6. 6.HCF of 208 and 160 =
  7. 7.HCF of 24 and 27 =
  8. 8.HCF of 39 and 247 =
  9. 9.HCF of 102 and 119 =
  10. 10.HCF of 34 and 30 =
  11. 11.HCF of 220 and 209 =
  12. 12.HCF of 40 and 25 =
  13. 13.HCF of 66 and 84 =
  14. 14.HCF of 95 and 228 =
  15. 15.HCF of 143 and 91 =
  16. 16.HCF of 119 and 85 =
  17. 17.HCF of 312 and 72 =
  18. 18.HCF of 105 and 119 =
  19. 19.HCF of 368 and 253 =
  20. 20.HCF of 22 and 18 =
  21. 21.HCF of 63 and 98 =
  22. 22.HCF of 323 and 153 =
  23. 23.HCF of 54 and 15 =
  24. 24.HCF of 153 and 126 =
  25. 25.HCF of 225 and 165 =
  26. 26.HCF of 60 and 16 =
  27. 27.HCF of 126 and 266 =
  28. 28.HCF of 30 and 8 =
  29. 29.HCF of 168 and 231 =
  30. 30.HCF of 51 and 34 =
  31. 31.HCF of 99 and 108 =
  32. 32.HCF of 384 and 264 =
  33. 33.HCF of 14 and 16 =
  34. 34.HCF of 375 and 325 =
  35. 35.HCF of 105 and 273 =
  36. 36.HCF of 399 and 294 =
  37. 37.HCF of 120 and 84 =
  38. 38.HCF of 136 and 289 =
  39. 39.HCF of 110 and 242 =
  40. 40.HCF of 77 and 209 =

Answer key

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

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