Magic Square Featuring Number 65

144	151	128	135	142	65	-31	-24	-47	-40	-33	65	94	101	78	85	92
150	132	134	141	143	65	-25	-43	-41	-34	-32	65	100	82	84	91	93
131	133	140	147	149	65	-44	-42	-35	-28	-26	65	81	83	90	97	99
137	139	146	148	130	65	-38	-36	-29	-27	-45	65	87	89	96	98	80
138	145	152	129	136	65	-37	-30	-23	-46	-39	65	88	95	102	79	86
65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
19	26	3	10	17	65	69	76	53	60	67	65	119	126	103	110	117
25	7	9	16	18	65	75	57	59	66	68	65	125	107	109	116	118
6	8	15	22	24	65	56	58	65	72	74	65	106	108	115	122	124
12	14	21	23	5	65	62	64	71	73	55	65	112	114	121	123	105
13	20	27	4	11	65	63	70	77	54	61	65	113	120	127	104	111
65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
44	51	28	35	42	65	169	176	153	160	167	65	-6	1	-22	-15	-8
50	32	34	41	43	65	175	157	159	166	168	65	0	-18	-16	-9	-7
31	33	40	47	49	65	156	158	165	172	174	65	-19	-17	-10	-3	-1
37	39	46	48	30	65	162	164	171	173	155	65	-13	-11	-4	-2	-20
38	45	52	29	36	65	163	170	177	154	161	65	-12	-5	2	-21	-14

Features:
The large square is 17x17 and has a magic sum of 1105 for all horizontals, verticals, and the two diagonals. Its numbers run consecutively from a negative 47 through zero to 177.

The number 65 appears 65 times. Sixty-four of these are used to segregate the nine component 5x5 squares, each with its own magic sum
(-175, -50, +75, +200, +325, +450, +575, +700, +825),
while one appears as part of the center square.

Copyright © 2005 by E. W. Shineman, Jr.