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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 85 · 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 160 and 136 =
  2. 2.HCF of 323 and 266 =
  3. 3.HCF of 48 and 208 =
  4. 4.HCF of 220 and 374 =
  5. 5.HCF of 450 and 325 =
  6. 6.HCF of 54 and 36 =
  7. 7.HCF of 42 and 51 =
  8. 8.HCF of 132 and 84 =
  9. 9.HCF of 45 and 153 =
  10. 10.HCF of 45 and 21 =
  11. 11.HCF of 374 and 308 =
  12. 12.HCF of 66 and 48 =
  13. 13.HCF of 207 and 391 =
  14. 14.HCF of 182 and 169 =
  15. 15.HCF of 54 and 60 =
  16. 16.HCF of 20 and 35 =
  17. 17.HCF of 300 and 425 =
  18. 18.HCF of 260 and 160 =
  19. 19.HCF of 48 and 39 =
  20. 20.HCF of 289 and 306 =
  21. 21.HCF of 98 and 182 =
  22. 22.HCF of 70 and 182 =
  23. 23.HCF of 238 and 266 =
  24. 24.HCF of 408 and 384 =
  25. 25.HCF of 14 and 30 =
  26. 26.HCF of 66 and 72 =
  27. 27.HCF of 204 and 36 =
  28. 28.HCF of 51 and 45 =
  29. 29.HCF of 60 and 380 =
  30. 30.HCF of 10 and 14 =
  31. 31.HCF of 126 and 238 =
  32. 32.HCF of 340 and 360 =
  33. 33.HCF of 408 and 120 =
  34. 34.HCF of 64 and 80 =
  35. 35.HCF of 98 and 77 =
  36. 36.HCF of 33 and 154 =
  37. 37.HCF of 90 and 24 =
  38. 38.HCF of 42 and 112 =
  39. 39.HCF of 63 and 133 =
  40. 40.HCF of 39 and 54 =

Answer key

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

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