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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 9 · 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 140 and 77 =
  2. 2.HCF of 98 and 56 =
  3. 3.HCF of 286 and 44 =
  4. 4.HCF of 68 and 20 =
  5. 5.HCF of 285 and 135 =
  6. 6.HCF of 30 and 160 =
  7. 7.HCF of 22 and 55 =
  8. 8.HCF of 16 and 14 =
  9. 9.HCF of 144 and 152 =
  10. 10.HCF of 216 and 60 =
  11. 11.HCF of 72 and 44 =
  12. 12.HCF of 242 and 88 =
  13. 13.HCF of 80 and 36 =
  14. 14.HCF of 75 and 95 =
  15. 15.HCF of 195 and 150 =
  16. 16.HCF of 80 and 340 =
  17. 17.HCF of 230 and 253 =
  18. 18.HCF of 44 and 48 =
  19. 19.HCF of 104 and 144 =
  20. 20.HCF of 126 and 27 =
  21. 21.HCF of 200 and 475 =
  22. 22.HCF of 156 and 192 =
  23. 23.HCF of 204 and 168 =
  24. 24.HCF of 136 and 128 =
  25. 25.HCF of 209 and 132 =
  26. 26.HCF of 306 and 234 =
  27. 27.HCF of 64 and 40 =
  28. 28.HCF of 57 and 60 =
  29. 29.HCF of 260 and 180 =
  30. 30.HCF of 18 and 14 =
  31. 31.HCF of 38 and 361 =
  32. 32.HCF of 63 and 420 =
  33. 33.HCF of 299 and 161 =
  34. 34.HCF of 65 and 90 =
  35. 35.HCF of 110 and 198 =
  36. 36.HCF of 360 and 260 =
  37. 37.HCF of 42 and 72 =
  38. 38.HCF of 121 and 88 =
  39. 39.HCF of 36 and 45 =
  40. 40.HCF of 342 and 72 =

Answer key

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

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