9x9 concentric magic square with diamond

 

A concentric magic square is nice. A concentric magic square with diamond is even better; see i.e. the 15x15 Al Antaakii concentric magic square with diamond. In the diamond are alle odd numbers (and outside the diamond are the even numbers).

 

How to construct a concentric magic square with diamond? Puzzle in EXCEL and see the result below:

 

 

9x9 concentric with diamond

64

8

6

62

69

48

14

70

28

10

36

2

67

1

73

58

50

72

66

42

59

51

21

19

55

40

16

4

75

29

35

49

39

53

7

78

71

3

25

45

41

37

57

79

11

44

77

65

43

33

47

17

5

38

26

22

27

31

61

63

23

60

56

30

32

80

15

81

9

24

46

52

54

74

76

20

13

34

68

12

18

 

 

Puzzle yourself using the EXCEL download below.

 

Download
Al Antaakii 9x9.xls
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For each magic square of odd order, you can construct a concentric magic square with diamond. See on this website:

3x35x57x79x911x1113x1315x1517x1719x1921x2123x2325x2527x27,   29x29 and 31x31