Brain Puzzles · Numbers

Magic Squares

Every row, column and diagonal adds to the same number. Print a fresh sheet with its answer key, or try one on screen.

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How to play

  1. Each number in the list is used exactly once.
  2. Find a row, column or diagonal with only one empty square. Its missing number is the magic sum minus the others.
  3. Keep going. Each number you place opens up another line.

What it exercises

Adding and subtracting quickly, and seeing how one choice ripples through rows, columns and diagonals.

Levels

  • Easy 3 × 3 squares with the numbers 1 to 9.
  • Medium 3 × 3 squares with other sets of numbers.
  • Hard 4 × 4 squares with the numbers 1 to 16.

🖨 Print a sheet

▶ Try one on screen

More numbers puzzles

Number SequencesFind the next number in the pattern. Cross-Sum GridsPlace 1 to 9 so every row and column works out. Balance ScalesEvery scale balances. What does each shape weigh? Roman NumeralsWrite numbers the Roman way, and read them back. All Brain PuzzlesEvery kind, and the mixed sampler.
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