Generic pattern All the numbers are written in order from left to right across each row in turn, starting from the top left hand corner. Numbers are then either retained in the same place or interchanged with their diametrically opposite numbers in a certain regular pattern. In the magic square of order four, the numbers in the four central squares and one square at each corner are retained in the same place and the others are interchanged with their diametrically opposite numbers.
Generic pattern All the numbers are written in order from left to right across each row in turn starting from the top left hand corner Numbers are then either retained in the same place or interchanged with their diametrically opposite numbers in a certain regular pattern In the magic square of order four the numbers in the four central squares and one square at each corner are retained in the same place and the others are interchanged with their diametrically opposite numbers