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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 788 · 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 114 and 54 =
  2. 2.HCF of 144 and 156 =
  3. 3.HCF of 55 and 198 =
  4. 4.HCF of 115 and 46 =
  5. 5.HCF of 288 and 264 =
  6. 6.HCF of 32 and 60 =
  7. 7.HCF of 45 and 30 =
  8. 8.HCF of 65 and 143 =
  9. 9.HCF of 160 and 208 =
  10. 10.HCF of 112 and 208 =
  11. 11.HCF of 50 and 110 =
  12. 12.HCF of 65 and 90 =
  13. 13.HCF of 160 and 304 =
  14. 14.HCF of 63 and 98 =
  15. 15.HCF of 39 and 30 =
  16. 16.HCF of 336 and 63 =
  17. 17.HCF of 143 and 121 =
  18. 18.HCF of 80 and 12 =
  19. 19.HCF of 120 and 336 =
  20. 20.HCF of 336 and 105 =
  21. 21.HCF of 144 and 320 =
  22. 22.HCF of 247 and 91 =
  23. 23.HCF of 120 and 105 =
  24. 24.HCF of 240 and 216 =
  25. 25.HCF of 135 and 99 =
  26. 26.HCF of 190 and 20 =
  27. 27.HCF of 49 and 105 =
  28. 28.HCF of 126 and 45 =
  29. 29.HCF of 75 and 425 =
  30. 30.HCF of 105 and 189 =
  31. 31.HCF of 418 and 176 =
  32. 32.HCF of 322 and 69 =
  33. 33.HCF of 80 and 176 =
  34. 34.HCF of 42 and 119 =
  35. 35.HCF of 15 and 24 =
  36. 36.HCF of 63 and 27 =
  37. 37.HCF of 21 and 24 =
  38. 38.HCF of 65 and 25 =
  39. 39.HCF of 136 and 16 =
  40. 40.HCF of 380 and 360 =

Answer key

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

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