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HCF Worksheet

Vedic maths trick 36: HCF by subtraction · Set 932 · 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 176 and 242 =
  2. 2.HCF of 68 and 16 =
  3. 3.HCF of 336 and 72 =
  4. 4.HCF of 182 and 221 =
  5. 5.HCF of 12 and 33 =
  6. 6.HCF of 132 and 84 =
  7. 7.HCF of 171 and 361 =
  8. 8.HCF of 247 and 361 =
  9. 9.HCF of 140 and 260 =
  10. 10.HCF of 380 and 323 =
  11. 11.HCF of 170 and 200 =
  12. 12.HCF of 247 and 38 =
  13. 13.HCF of 210 and 225 =
  14. 14.HCF of 260 and 221 =
  15. 15.HCF of 24 and 32 =
  16. 16.HCF of 133 and 28 =
  17. 17.HCF of 68 and 56 =
  18. 18.HCF of 90 and 234 =
  19. 19.HCF of 102 and 66 =
  20. 20.HCF of 180 and 170 =
  21. 21.HCF of 90 and 102 =
  22. 22.HCF of 182 and 210 =
  23. 23.HCF of 135 and 30 =
  24. 24.HCF of 96 and 108 =
  25. 25.HCF of 299 and 184 =
  26. 26.HCF of 65 and 156 =
  27. 27.HCF of 35 and 63 =
  28. 28.HCF of 184 and 69 =
  29. 29.HCF of 408 and 48 =
  30. 30.HCF of 108 and 156 =
  31. 31.HCF of 16 and 12 =
  32. 32.HCF of 80 and 55 =
  33. 33.HCF of 30 and 102 =
  34. 34.HCF of 18 and 153 =
  35. 35.HCF of 48 and 56 =
  36. 36.HCF of 299 and 92 =
  37. 37.HCF of 165 and 77 =
  38. 38.HCF of 100 and 15 =
  39. 39.HCF of 27 and 18 =
  40. 40.HCF of 180 and 156 =

Answer key

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

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