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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 773 · 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 153 and 34 =
  2. 2.HCF of 238 and 112 =
  3. 3.HCF of 25 and 20 =
  4. 4.HCF of 34 and 38 =
  5. 5.HCF of 69 and 92 =
  6. 6.HCF of 69 and 46 =
  7. 7.HCF of 234 and 65 =
  8. 8.HCF of 18 and 96 =
  9. 9.HCF of 24 and 9 =
  10. 10.HCF of 299 and 92 =
  11. 11.HCF of 16 and 136 =
  12. 12.HCF of 110 and 308 =
  13. 13.HCF of 160 and 104 =
  14. 14.HCF of 24 and 90 =
  15. 15.HCF of 140 and 91 =
  16. 16.HCF of 112 and 240 =
  17. 17.HCF of 115 and 299 =
  18. 18.HCF of 14 and 119 =
  19. 19.HCF of 143 and 220 =
  20. 20.HCF of 175 and 150 =
  21. 21.HCF of 119 and 91 =
  22. 22.HCF of 85 and 272 =
  23. 23.HCF of 75 and 65 =
  24. 24.HCF of 6 and 27 =
  25. 25.HCF of 150 and 20 =
  26. 26.HCF of 108 and 78 =
  27. 27.HCF of 90 and 200 =
  28. 28.HCF of 152 and 64 =
  29. 29.HCF of 40 and 65 =
  30. 30.HCF of 48 and 44 =
  31. 31.HCF of 80 and 380 =
  32. 32.HCF of 180 and 204 =
  33. 33.HCF of 350 and 325 =
  34. 34.HCF of 437 and 368 =
  35. 35.HCF of 340 and 360 =
  36. 36.HCF of 221 and 289 =
  37. 37.HCF of 65 and 25 =
  38. 38.HCF of 80 and 95 =
  39. 39.HCF of 140 and 100 =
  40. 40.HCF of 105 and 42 =

Answer key

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

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