Because 87 is an odd number we had a remainder that we needed to use for the boxes with 13 14 15 and 16 in them.
The magic square math problem answer.
Each square is divided into cells and the rules require that the sum of any row column or diagonal in the square be the same.
A x b where a and b are constants and x is value in a square.
A magic square is an arrangement of numbers in a square in such a way that the sum of each row column and diagonal is one constant number the so called magic constant this article will tell you how to solve any type of magic square whether odd numbered singly even numbered or doubly even numbered.
It is a pan diagonal magic square it is also an instance of most perfect magic square four different magic squares can be obtained by adding 8 to one of the two sets of 1 to 8 sequence.
If all 9 numbers form a single arithmetic progression then the magic square can be derived from the basic 816 357 492 square by a linear transformation.
Here the numbers 1 to 8 appear twice in the square.
Magic squares are one of the simplest forms of logic puzzles and a great introduction to problem solving techniques beyond traditional arithmetic algorithms.