6x6 in 8x8 magic square (2)

 

Construct a row grid and a column grid with reflecting grids 6x6. Use from 0 up to 7 the middle numbers 1up to 6. Puzzle the border.

 

 

1x number from row grid +1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7 1 6 1 6 6 1 0
0 2 2 5 5 2 5 7
7 4 3 3 3 4 4 0
7 3 4 4 4 3 3 0
0 5 5 2 2 5 2 7
7 6 1 6 1 1 6 0
0 6 5 4 3 2 1 7

 

 

+8x number from column grid

0 7 0 7 7 0 7 0
1 1 2 4 3 5 6 6
2 6 2 3 4 5 1 5
3 1 5 3 4 2 6 4
4 6 5 3 4 2 1 3
5 6 2 4 3 5 1 2
6 1 5 4 3 2 6 1
7 0 7 0 0 7 0 7

 

 

= 6x6 in 8x8 magic square

1 58 3 60 61 6 63 8
16 10 23 34 31 47 50 49
17 51 19 30 38 43 14 48
32 13 44 28 36 21 53 33
40 52 45 29 37 20 12 25
41 54 22 35 27 46 11 24
56 15 42 39 26 18 55 9
57 7 62 5 4 59 2 64

 

 

Use this method to construct magic squares of order is multiple of 4 from 8x8. See

8x8, 12x12, 16x16, 20x20, 24x24, 28x28 and 32x32

 

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