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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 617 · 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 60 =
  2. 2.HCF of 66 and 12 =
  3. 3.HCF of 198 and 187 =
  4. 4.HCF of 323 and 38 =
  5. 5.HCF of 77 and 56 =
  6. 6.HCF of 340 and 220 =
  7. 7.HCF of 361 and 304 =
  8. 8.HCF of 40 and 35 =
  9. 9.HCF of 228 and 156 =
  10. 10.HCF of 320 and 112 =
  11. 11.HCF of 234 and 162 =
  12. 12.HCF of 384 and 72 =
  13. 13.HCF of 112 and 91 =
  14. 14.HCF of 60 and 170 =
  15. 15.HCF of 209 and 132 =
  16. 16.HCF of 280 and 340 =
  17. 17.HCF of 242 and 286 =
  18. 18.HCF of 56 and 48 =
  19. 19.HCF of 24 and 136 =
  20. 20.HCF of 28 and 64 =
  21. 21.HCF of 160 and 60 =
  22. 22.HCF of 255 and 135 =
  23. 23.HCF of 175 and 425 =
  24. 24.HCF of 60 and 52 =
  25. 25.HCF of 299 and 46 =
  26. 26.HCF of 234 and 65 =
  27. 27.HCF of 322 and 437 =
  28. 28.HCF of 65 and 50 =
  29. 29.HCF of 323 and 285 =
  30. 30.HCF of 264 and 96 =
  31. 31.HCF of 170 and 130 =
  32. 32.HCF of 399 and 315 =
  33. 33.HCF of 63 and 35 =
  34. 34.HCF of 8 and 52 =
  35. 35.HCF of 187 and 88 =
  36. 36.HCF of 50 and 95 =
  37. 37.HCF of 38 and 8 =
  38. 38.HCF of 72 and 228 =
  39. 39.HCF of 81 and 117 =
  40. 40.HCF of 60 and 100 =

Answer key

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

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