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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 571 · 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 220 and 418 =
  2. 2.HCF of 154 and 238 =
  3. 3.HCF of 156 and 180 =
  4. 4.HCF of 38 and 34 =
  5. 5.HCF of 64 and 60 =
  6. 6.HCF of 84 and 154 =
  7. 7.HCF of 63 and 35 =
  8. 8.HCF of 72 and 192 =
  9. 9.HCF of 207 and 230 =
  10. 10.HCF of 48 and 21 =
  11. 11.HCF of 15 and 25 =
  12. 12.HCF of 80 and 304 =
  13. 13.HCF of 210 and 147 =
  14. 14.HCF of 30 and 55 =
  15. 15.HCF of 38 and 361 =
  16. 16.HCF of 180 and 340 =
  17. 17.HCF of 6 and 16 =
  18. 18.HCF of 57 and 39 =
  19. 19.HCF of 280 and 42 =
  20. 20.HCF of 357 and 105 =
  21. 21.HCF of 72 and 336 =
  22. 22.HCF of 299 and 437 =
  23. 23.HCF of 24 and 9 =
  24. 24.HCF of 432 and 312 =
  25. 25.HCF of 225 and 500 =
  26. 26.HCF of 247 and 78 =
  27. 27.HCF of 15 and 10 =
  28. 28.HCF of 391 and 368 =
  29. 29.HCF of 24 and 136 =
  30. 30.HCF of 240 and 260 =
  31. 31.HCF of 325 and 250 =
  32. 32.HCF of 28 and 154 =
  33. 33.HCF of 68 and 119 =
  34. 34.HCF of 150 and 425 =
  35. 35.HCF of 84 and 132 =
  36. 36.HCF of 42 and 30 =
  37. 37.HCF of 77 and 132 =
  38. 38.HCF of 168 and 384 =
  39. 39.HCF of 18 and 153 =
  40. 40.HCF of 273 and 357 =

Answer key

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

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