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Maths tricks trick 12: Magic squares · Set 45 · 40 questions
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The trick (Same total): Add up a row (or column) that has no gap: that is the magic total. Add the numbers you can see in the line with the gap. Missing number = magic total − that sum.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 28 7 ? | 13 19 25 | 16 31 10. What is the missing number?
  2. 2.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 3 8 | 5 7 9 | 6 11 4. What is the missing number?
  3. 3.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 23 13 | ? 15 11 | 17 7 21. What is the missing number?
  4. 4.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 ? 7 | 6 10 14 | 13 8 9. What is the missing number?
  5. 5.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 4 11 | 10 8 ? | 5 12 7. What is the missing number?
  6. 6.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 9 14 | 15 ? 7 | 8 13 12. What is the missing number?
  7. 7.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 17 ? | 5 13 21 | 19 9 11. What is the missing number?
  8. 8.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 8 ? | 6 10 14 | 11 12 7. What is the missing number?
  9. 9.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 2 16 | 14 10 6 | ? 18 8. What is the missing number?
  10. 10.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 35 14 | 17 23 29 | 32 11 ?. What is the missing number?
  11. 11.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 21 7 | 9 13 17 | 19 ? 15. What is the missing number?
  12. 12.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 25 15 | 21 17 13 | 19 ? 23. What is the missing number?
  13. 13.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 20 35 14 | 17 ? 29 | 32 11 26. What is the missing number?
  14. 14.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 19 ? 31 | 34 22 10 | 13 28 25. What is the missing number?
  15. 15.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 22 ? | 10 14 18 | 20 6 16. What is the missing number?
  16. 16.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 25 10 31 | 28 22 ? | 13 34 19. What is the missing number?
  17. 17.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 13 6 | ? 9 11 | 12 5 10. What is the missing number?
  18. 18.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 18 33 12 | 15 21 27 | 30 ? 24. What is the missing number?
  19. 19.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 24 | 33 ? 9 | 18 15 30. What is the missing number?
  20. 20.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 21 11 | ? 13 9 | 15 5 19. What is the missing number?
  21. 21.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 5 6 | 3 7 11 | 8 9 4. What is the missing number?
  22. 22.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 11 | 8 12 16 | 13 14 9. What is the missing number?
  23. 23.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 11 18 13 | 16 14 12 | ? 10 17. What is the missing number?
  24. 24.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 10 3 8 | 5 7 9 | ? 11 4. What is the missing number?
  25. 25.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): ? 10 5 | 8 6 4 | 7 2 9. What is the missing number?
  26. 26.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 25 10 | 7 19 ? | 28 13 16. What is the missing number?
  27. 27.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 27 | 36 ? 12 | 21 18 33. What is the missing number?
  28. 28.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 6 21 18 | 27 15 3 | ? 9 24. What is the missing number?
  29. 29.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 22 25 10 | 7 19 31 | 28 ? 16. What is the missing number?
  30. 30.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 2 7 6 | ? 5 1 | 4 3 8. What is the missing number?
  31. 31.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 6 11 | ? 10 12 | 9 14 7. What is the missing number?
  32. 32.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 14 13 | 16 12 8 | ? 10 15. What is the missing number?
  33. 33.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 13 6 11 | 8 10 12 | 9 ? 7. What is the missing number?
  34. 34.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 12 27 6 | 9 15 21 | ? 3 18. What is the missing number?
  35. 35.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 15 30 9 | ? 18 24 | 27 6 21. What is the missing number?
  36. 36.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 4 9 8 | 11 7 ? | 6 5 10. What is the missing number?
  37. 37.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 8 9 4 | 3 7 11 | 10 ? 6. What is the missing number?
  38. 38.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 9 23 13 | 19 15 ? | 17 7 21. What is the missing number?
  39. 39.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 26 ? 14 | 5 17 29 | 20 23 8. What is the missing number?
  40. 40.Magic square (every row, column and diagonal has the same total): 7 28 13 | 22 16 10 | 19 4 ?. What is the missing number?

Answer key

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

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