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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 74 · 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 260 and 40 =
  2. 2.HCF of 36 and 38 =
  3. 3.HCF of 70 and 98 =
  4. 4.HCF of 322 and 391 =
  5. 5.HCF of 437 and 414 =
  6. 6.HCF of 304 and 128 =
  7. 7.HCF of 69 and 184 =
  8. 8.HCF of 36 and 240 =
  9. 9.HCF of 323 and 57 =
  10. 10.HCF of 273 and 252 =
  11. 11.HCF of 24 and 42 =
  12. 12.HCF of 36 and 198 =
  13. 13.HCF of 28 and 38 =
  14. 14.HCF of 140 and 160 =
  15. 15.HCF of 72 and 60 =
  16. 16.HCF of 154 and 266 =
  17. 17.HCF of 88 and 136 =
  18. 18.HCF of 280 and 180 =
  19. 19.HCF of 49 and 21 =
  20. 20.HCF of 169 and 221 =
  21. 21.HCF of 84 and 216 =
  22. 22.HCF of 126 and 147 =
  23. 23.HCF of 162 and 99 =
  24. 24.HCF of 270 and 126 =
  25. 25.HCF of 168 and 147 =
  26. 26.HCF of 300 and 285 =
  27. 27.HCF of 105 and 77 =
  28. 28.HCF of 20 and 68 =
  29. 29.HCF of 32 and 38 =
  30. 30.HCF of 260 and 169 =
  31. 31.HCF of 9 and 60 =
  32. 32.HCF of 266 and 168 =
  33. 33.HCF of 60 and 50 =
  34. 34.HCF of 90 and 75 =
  35. 35.HCF of 209 and 285 =
  36. 36.HCF of 143 and 33 =
  37. 37.HCF of 171 and 108 =
  38. 38.HCF of 308 and 198 =
  39. 39.HCF of 84 and 35 =
  40. 40.HCF of 121 and 110 =

Answer key

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

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