Question 4 - Figure it out - Page 143, 144 - Chapter 6 Class 7 - Number Play - Ganita Prakash

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Make a 3 × 3 magic square with 0 as the magic sum - Ganita Prakash - Figure it out - Page 143, 144

part 2 - Question 4 - Figure it out - Page 143, 144 - Chapter 6 Class 7 - Number Play - Ganita Prakash - Class 7 (Ganita Prakash 1, 2 & old NCERT)

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Question 4 Make a 3 × 3 magic square with 0 as the magic sum. All numbers can not be zero. Use negative numbers, as needed. We can do this with a Generalised magic square First, find the required center number, m. We know that General magic sum = 3m 0 = 3m 3m = 0 m = 0 Now, substituting m = 0 into our original generalised form. Generalised Magic Square Magic square with magic sum 0

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