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