An Engaging Highest Common Factor Worksheet Set

Supply students with this differentiated Highest Common Factor Worksheet Set, designed to make practicing HCF fun, visual and effective! Perfect for upper years classrooms, this 3-worksheet resource helps reinforce HCF skills through a variety of engaging formats. Whether your students thrive on puzzles, visual recognition or hands-on tasks, this set has something for everyone. Plus, answer keys are included for quick and easy grading!

This highest common factor worksheet set includes:

• HCF Maze – Students find the highest common factor of two numbers to make their way from start to finish.
• HCF Multiple Choice Shading – Students identify the HCF of three numbers and shade the correct answer from three choices.
• HCF Cut and Paste – Students match number pairs to their highest common factor by cutting and pasting the HCF underneath.

Using These Highest Common Factor Worksheets

These highest common factor worksheets are great for independent practice, but also have many other classroom uses. Here are a few other ways to utilise these worksheets: 

Maths Stations – Set up each worksheet as a station in your maths centre. Students can rotate through the maze, shading activity and cut-and-paste task in small groups.
Partner Work – Have students collaborate! Working together on the maze or cut-and-paste encourages maths talk and peer teaching, reinforcing understanding.
Interactive Notebook Addition – The cut-and-paste activity in this highest common factor worksheet set can be glued into maths notebooks as a reference tool and review piece for future units.

Download Our Finding Greatest Common Factor Worksheet Set

We have created this finding greatest common factor worksheet set in both Google Slides and PDF formats. To download, click the drop-down arrow on the download button and choose the version you prefer.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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