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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 746 · 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 96 and 272 =
  2. 2.HCF of 36 and 192 =
  3. 3.HCF of 48 and 39 =
  4. 4.HCF of 81 and 171 =
  5. 5.HCF of 108 and 192 =
  6. 6.HCF of 240 and 32 =
  7. 7.HCF of 119 and 133 =
  8. 8.HCF of 200 and 110 =
  9. 9.HCF of 70 and 90 =
  10. 10.HCF of 65 and 85 =
  11. 11.HCF of 176 and 110 =
  12. 12.HCF of 294 and 105 =
  13. 13.HCF of 114 and 54 =
  14. 14.HCF of 204 and 289 =
  15. 15.HCF of 289 and 85 =
  16. 16.HCF of 77 and 176 =
  17. 17.HCF of 375 and 475 =
  18. 18.HCF of 42 and 189 =
  19. 19.HCF of 256 and 272 =
  20. 20.HCF of 182 and 224 =
  21. 21.HCF of 16 and 104 =
  22. 22.HCF of 72 and 84 =
  23. 23.HCF of 16 and 12 =
  24. 24.HCF of 130 and 169 =
  25. 25.HCF of 28 and 6 =
  26. 26.HCF of 32 and 20 =
  27. 27.HCF of 32 and 304 =
  28. 28.HCF of 48 and 18 =
  29. 29.HCF of 187 and 55 =
  30. 30.HCF of 154 and 182 =
  31. 31.HCF of 288 and 198 =
  32. 32.HCF of 32 and 14 =
  33. 33.HCF of 48 and 40 =
  34. 34.HCF of 72 and 234 =
  35. 35.HCF of 54 and 117 =
  36. 36.HCF of 418 and 330 =
  37. 37.HCF of 125 and 175 =
  38. 38.HCF of 84 and 216 =
  39. 39.HCF of 30 and 102 =
  40. 40.HCF of 126 and 105 =

Answer key

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

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