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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 60 · 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 110 and 352 =
  2. 2.HCF of 78 and 221 =
  3. 3.HCF of 63 and 162 =
  4. 4.HCF of 33 and 6 =
  5. 5.HCF of 125 and 225 =
  6. 6.HCF of 153 and 171 =
  7. 7.HCF of 90 and 48 =
  8. 8.HCF of 456 and 72 =
  9. 9.HCF of 289 and 204 =
  10. 10.HCF of 51 and 6 =
  11. 11.HCF of 32 and 56 =
  12. 12.HCF of 80 and 190 =
  13. 13.HCF of 192 and 80 =
  14. 14.HCF of 48 and 51 =
  15. 15.HCF of 136 and 96 =
  16. 16.HCF of 207 and 161 =
  17. 17.HCF of 45 and 255 =
  18. 18.HCF of 21 and 49 =
  19. 19.HCF of 187 and 22 =
  20. 20.HCF of 266 and 126 =
  21. 21.HCF of 56 and 68 =
  22. 22.HCF of 275 and 350 =
  23. 23.HCF of 126 and 147 =
  24. 24.HCF of 240 and 108 =
  25. 25.HCF of 432 and 264 =
  26. 26.HCF of 16 and 30 =
  27. 27.HCF of 150 and 475 =
  28. 28.HCF of 88 and 24 =
  29. 29.HCF of 54 and 144 =
  30. 30.HCF of 14 and 10 =
  31. 31.HCF of 175 and 300 =
  32. 32.HCF of 266 and 95 =
  33. 33.HCF of 221 and 52 =
  34. 34.HCF of 48 and 84 =
  35. 35.HCF of 34 and 8 =
  36. 36.HCF of 231 and 294 =
  37. 37.HCF of 42 and 12 =
  38. 38.HCF of 45 and 54 =
  39. 39.HCF of 357 and 210 =
  40. 40.HCF of 100 and 340 =

Answer key

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

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