A Special Magic Square



What is so special about the following magic square?

First determine the missing numbers in the magic square below.   Remember that each row, column, and diagonal must add up to the same number, called the magic number.   What is the magic number? ______

  44           57  
      54      
          64  




Now, what is so special about this magic square? ________________________________________________________





The answer is: If you spell out the words, and count the letters, you will form another magic square!

Now complete the task:

  forty-four           fifty-seven  
      fifty-four      
            sixty-four  


And finally, ...

  9           10  
      9      
            9  




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