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A 64x64 Magic Square

Scroll down to see a magic square
in which all rows, columns, and both diagonals
add up to the same magic sum (131104)

A Magic Square is a square of numbers in which every row, every column, and both diagonals add up to the same number. This number is often called the magic sum. The 64 by 64 magic square shown below has a magic sum equal to 131104.

Though magic squares can be made with non-consecutive and non-regular sequences, they are usually seen made up of consecutive numbers, possibly because it is harder to be consecutive.

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How to Create a 64x64 Magic Square
with a Magic Sum of 131104

The method described on this page can be used to create 4x4, 8x8, 12x12, 16x16 and larger 4N+0 magic squares

Steps:

  1. Draw a 64x64 blank grid and color in the two main diagonals.
  2. Also, color in the two main diagonals of each 4x4 box within this 64x64 square.
  3. Starting in the top left corner, moving left to right through the rows, count the squares, 1, 2, 3, 4, but only write down the numbers you say when you get to one of the colored in squares. If you do this properly, you will write 1 in the top left corner and write 4096 in the bottom right corner.
  4. Next, do the same thing, starting in the bottom right corner, moving right-to-left upward through the rows, again count from 1 to 4096, but this time, only write down the numbers in the non-shaded squares.

Step One: Draw a 64x64 blank grid and
shade in the two main diagonals

You don't necessarily have to shade in the squares. You could simply draw a light line that passes through these squares. You only need to be able to tell the difference between squares that are on these 4x4 diagonals and those that are not.

Step Two: Shade in all the 4x4 diagonals

If you are making a square larger than 4x4, the entire square can be visualized as a collection of 4x4 squares. Shade in the main diagonals of each 4x4 square within the big square.

If you do this correctly, by the time you are done, you will have shaded in exactly half the squares in your overall grid. If you had simply drawn diagonal lines through those squares, you would see a series of X's.

Step Three: Count the squares
(writing only on the shaded squares)

This is fairly straightforward. Starting in the top left corner, and moving left-to-right through each row, count the squares, but only write down the numbers in the shaded squares, but remember to count all the blank squares. In the first four spaces, you would write down 1, count 2 and 3, and write down 4. Continue until you have written down the last number (4096).

Step Four: Count the squares again, counting backward,
writing into the blank squares

This time, you can either
  • Start counting backward, starting with 4096 (which you would not write down) and count downward, writing down the number whenever you come to a blank square. The last two numbers you write down would be 3 and 2 just before you get to the 4096 which you wrote down in Step Three.
  • Or, if you prefer counting upward, start with 1 in the bottom right corner and move right-to-left through each row until you get to the top left corner. Working this way, you will skip 1 (because 4096 is already written in that square), write down 2 and 3, then skip 4, etc.
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A 64-by-64 Magic Square

(Magic Sum = 131104)

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This Magic Square was created by John Knoderer, a webmaster and computer programmer who is available to telecommute to your location. (In other words, John would be delighted to create puzzles for your website or do other amazing work for you on a contract basis.)

If you found this page useful, and especially if you printed this page to distribute to students, we invite you to send a suitable donation to John (address below) or PayPal your donation to Donations (at) Mazes.com.

You can find more of John's puzzling materials at www.MAZES.com and at www.GodLovesEveryone.org. You can reach John at Webmaster (at) Mazes.com.

Fine Print: If you print and duplicate these magic squares for classroom use or other multiple copy use, please send a payment of $(however much you think this is worth) to the author. John puts a GREAT DEAL of time into creating and posting materials to the internet for you to use (and enjoy). Your donations will help pay bills and keep new materials coming your way.

Send your donations to:

John Knoderer
www.MAZES.com
P O Box 235
Sulphur Springs, AR 72768 USA

www.MAZES.com
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E-mail the webmaster: webmaster (at) mazes.com

The contents of this page are copyright 2005 by the author. However, we recognize that teachers may wish to download and use our materials with their students. We give that permission, as long as the teacher sends what they believe to be a fair donation to the author each time the material is used.