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Maths tricks trick 12: Magic squares · Set 50 · 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.

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

Answer key

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

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