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Number Squares

Howard W. Bergerson devised these:

number squares

As in a word square, the “columns” in each sum are identical with the “rows.”

12/07/2021 UPDATE: Reader James Foster finds that 20 such squares are possible. (Thanks, James.)

December 5, 2012December 7, 2021 | Science & Math

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