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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 702 · 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 64 and 36 =
  2. 2.HCF of 65 and 60 =
  3. 3.HCF of 4 and 14 =
  4. 4.HCF of 252 and 98 =
  5. 5.HCF of 55 and 44 =
  6. 6.HCF of 135 and 240 =
  7. 7.HCF of 273 and 63 =
  8. 8.HCF of 143 and 52 =
  9. 9.HCF of 38 and 36 =
  10. 10.HCF of 18 and 22 =
  11. 11.HCF of 189 and 231 =
  12. 12.HCF of 272 and 119 =
  13. 13.HCF of 21 and 51 =
  14. 14.HCF of 380 and 100 =
  15. 15.HCF of 400 and 475 =
  16. 16.HCF of 46 and 299 =
  17. 17.HCF of 299 and 161 =
  18. 18.HCF of 133 and 119 =
  19. 19.HCF of 110 and 176 =
  20. 20.HCF of 192 and 36 =
  21. 21.HCF of 117 and 18 =
  22. 22.HCF of 68 and 36 =
  23. 23.HCF of 306 and 180 =
  24. 24.HCF of 88 and 418 =
  25. 25.HCF of 40 and 25 =
  26. 26.HCF of 15 and 48 =
  27. 27.HCF of 255 and 323 =
  28. 28.HCF of 342 and 324 =
  29. 29.HCF of 300 and 320 =
  30. 30.HCF of 76 and 361 =
  31. 31.HCF of 153 and 180 =
  32. 32.HCF of 44 and 12 =
  33. 33.HCF of 32 and 24 =
  34. 34.HCF of 195 and 30 =
  35. 35.HCF of 195 and 75 =
  36. 36.HCF of 36 and 21 =
  37. 37.HCF of 150 and 325 =
  38. 38.HCF of 25 and 55 =
  39. 39.HCF of 91 and 70 =
  40. 40.HCF of 54 and 84 =

Answer key

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

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