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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 858 · 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 21 and 35 =
  2. 2.HCF of 76 and 133 =
  3. 3.HCF of 190 and 247 =
  4. 4.HCF of 57 and 27 =
  5. 5.HCF of 36 and 80 =
  6. 6.HCF of 48 and 216 =
  7. 7.HCF of 75 and 95 =
  8. 8.HCF of 286 and 88 =
  9. 9.HCF of 57 and 39 =
  10. 10.HCF of 90 and 35 =
  11. 11.HCF of 44 and 154 =
  12. 12.HCF of 24 and 54 =
  13. 13.HCF of 36 and 40 =
  14. 14.HCF of 70 and 266 =
  15. 15.HCF of 391 and 276 =
  16. 16.HCF of 60 and 204 =
  17. 17.HCF of 20 and 95 =
  18. 18.HCF of 105 and 189 =
  19. 19.HCF of 30 and 255 =
  20. 20.HCF of 221 and 52 =
  21. 21.HCF of 176 and 110 =
  22. 22.HCF of 475 and 450 =
  23. 23.HCF of 250 and 425 =
  24. 24.HCF of 112 and 49 =
  25. 25.HCF of 304 and 208 =
  26. 26.HCF of 168 and 72 =
  27. 27.HCF of 128 and 304 =
  28. 28.HCF of 78 and 60 =
  29. 29.HCF of 110 and 176 =
  30. 30.HCF of 420 and 231 =
  31. 31.HCF of 35 and 60 =
  32. 32.HCF of 162 and 306 =
  33. 33.HCF of 96 and 136 =
  34. 34.HCF of 256 and 80 =
  35. 35.HCF of 221 and 247 =
  36. 36.HCF of 480 and 264 =
  37. 37.HCF of 69 and 368 =
  38. 38.HCF of 114 and 54 =
  39. 39.HCF of 121 and 132 =
  40. 40.HCF of 266 and 238 =

Answer key

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

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