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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 677 · 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 84 and 36 =
  2. 2.HCF of 115 and 161 =
  3. 3.HCF of 80 and 32 =
  4. 4.HCF of 272 and 128 =
  5. 5.HCF of 14 and 22 =
  6. 6.HCF of 39 and 15 =
  7. 7.HCF of 72 and 114 =
  8. 8.HCF of 70 and 180 =
  9. 9.HCF of 210 and 28 =
  10. 10.HCF of 4 and 26 =
  11. 11.HCF of 132 and 24 =
  12. 12.HCF of 42 and 60 =
  13. 13.HCF of 8 and 76 =
  14. 14.HCF of 72 and 480 =
  15. 15.HCF of 24 and 14 =
  16. 16.HCF of 162 and 99 =
  17. 17.HCF of 408 and 480 =
  18. 18.HCF of 299 and 161 =
  19. 19.HCF of 8 and 68 =
  20. 20.HCF of 336 and 105 =
  21. 21.HCF of 33 and 42 =
  22. 22.HCF of 95 and 25 =
  23. 23.HCF of 209 and 99 =
  24. 24.HCF of 84 and 133 =
  25. 25.HCF of 22 and 10 =
  26. 26.HCF of 34 and 12 =
  27. 27.HCF of 100 and 325 =
  28. 28.HCF of 100 and 35 =
  29. 29.HCF of 115 and 46 =
  30. 30.HCF of 340 and 221 =
  31. 31.HCF of 165 and 210 =
  32. 32.HCF of 78 and 221 =
  33. 33.HCF of 57 and 51 =
  34. 34.HCF of 190 and 323 =
  35. 35.HCF of 112 and 91 =
  36. 36.HCF of 88 and 120 =
  37. 37.HCF of 56 and 80 =
  38. 38.HCF of 18 and 10 =
  39. 39.HCF of 247 and 323 =
  40. 40.HCF of 50 and 60 =

Answer key

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

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