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Logical reasoning lesson 27: Number puzzles · Set 577 · 40 questions
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How to think it through (Clues into sums): Magic square: find the total from a full row, column or diagonal, then fill the gap. Digits that add to S and differ by D: the bigger digit is (S + D) ÷ 2. Three consecutive numbers: the middle one is the sum ÷ 3.

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  1. 1.The sum of three consecutive numbers is 120. What is the smallest of them?
  2. 2.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    25 | 11 | 21
    15 | ? | 23
    17 | 27 | 13
  3. 3.The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 24. What is the smallest of them?
  4. 4.The sum of three consecutive numbers is 165. What is the smallest of them?
  5. 5.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    18 | 3 | 24
    21 | 15 | ?
    6 | 27 | 12
  6. 6.The sum of three consecutive numbers is 144. What is the largest of them?
  7. 7.The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 180. What is the smallest of them?
  8. 8.The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 246. What is the largest of them?
  9. 9.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    17 | 19 | 9
    7 | ? | 23
    21 | 11 | 13
  10. 10.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 17. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 9 more than me. What number am I?
  11. 11.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 13. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 9 more than me. What number am I?
  12. 12.The sum of three consecutive numbers is 33. What is the smallest of them?
  13. 13.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 12. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 54 more than me. What number am I?
  14. 14.The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 210. What is the smallest of them?
  15. 15.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    7 | 6 | 11
    12 | 8 | 4
    ? | 10 | 9
  16. 16.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 16. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 18 more than me. What number am I?
  17. 17.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    6 | 20 | 10
    16 | ? | 8
    14 | 4 | 18
  18. 18.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 3 and my tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. What number am I?
  19. 19.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    12 | 2 | 16
    14 | 10 | 6
    4 | 18 | ?
  20. 20.The sum of three consecutive numbers is 138. What is the smallest of them?
  21. 21.The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 138. What is the largest of them?
  22. 22.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 5. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 27 more than me. What number am I?
  23. 23.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    31 | 10 | 25
    ? | 22 | 28
    19 | 34 | 13
  24. 24.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    4 | ? | 8
    9 | 5 | 1
    2 | 7 | 6
  25. 25.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    12 | 7 | 14
    ? | 11 | 9
    8 | 15 | 10
  26. 26.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 11. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 9 more than me. What number am I?
  27. 27.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 12 and my tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. What number am I?
  28. 28.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    4 | ? | 8
    14 | 10 | 6
    12 | 2 | 16
  29. 29.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    ? | 11 | 14
    5 | 17 | 29
    20 | 23 | 8
  30. 30.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    ? | 15 | 8
    9 | 11 | 13
    14 | 7 | 12
  31. 31.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 8 and my tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. What number am I?
  32. 32.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    9 | ? | 13
    14 | 10 | 6
    7 | 12 | 11
  33. 33.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 10 and my tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. What number am I?
  34. 34.The sum of three consecutive numbers is 99. What is the largest of them?
  35. 35.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    8 | 9 | 4
    ? | 7 | 11
    10 | 5 | 6
  36. 36.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 7 and my tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. What number am I?
  37. 37.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    9 | 30 | 15
    24 | ? | 12
    21 | 6 | 27
  38. 38.In this magic square every row, column and diagonal adds up to the same total. Find the missing number.
    12 | 27 | 6
    ? | 15 | 21
    24 | 3 | 18
  39. 39.The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 54. What is the largest of them?
  40. 40.I am a 2-digit number. My digits add up to 3. If you swap my two digits, the new number is 9 more than me. What number am I?

Answer key

  1. 39
  2. 19
  3. 6
  4. 54
  5. 9
  6. 49
  7. 58
  8. 84
  9. 15
  10. 89
  11. 67
  12. 10
  13. 39
  14. 68
  15. 5
  16. 79
  17. 12
  18. 21
  19. 8
  20. 45
  21. 48
  22. 14
  23. 16
  24. 3
  25. 13
  26. 56
  27. 75
  28. 18
  29. 26
  30. 10
  31. 53
  32. 8
  33. 82
  34. 34
  35. 3
  36. 52
  37. 18
  38. 9
  39. 20
  40. 12

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