Using the formula above a 3x3 magic square will have a magic constant of 15. So using the numbers from 1 - 9 (n 2) we can construct a nice normal magic square with a magic constant of 15.

Since the square is known to be magic, we can assume from basic "magic theory" that the missing numbers are those absent at the moment from the series 1 to 16. The main insight then required is to ...

A magic square is an arrangement of numbers where all rows, columns and diagonals add up to the same number, called the magic constant. Can you complete this square by filling in the missing ...

The first crossword puzzle didn`t come on the scene until 1913. Arthur Wynn, a British expatriate editor for the New York World, was trying to liven up the Christmas edition of the Sunday magazine,… ...

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