Start with the easy 5 x 5 magic square, where the sum of the numbers on each row, column, and diagonal is 15. 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 5 1 2 5 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 1 4 5 1 2 3 You want the top row to become 5 9 13 17 21, with difference 4 and beginning with 5. So replace every 1,2,3,4,5, respectively, by 5,9,13,17,21, respectively. 5 9 13 17 21 13 17 21 5 9 21 5 9 13 17 9 13 17 21 5 17 21 5 9 13 Now the top row is an arithmetic sequence with first term 5 and difference 4. The sum of the numbers on each row, column, and diagonal is 65. Edwin