To create a 6 by 6 magic square, follow these steps:
- Mark the diagonals of the square and fill the marked cells by counting from the upper right corner.
- Mark a W pattern in the lower half of the square and fill by counting from the lower right corner.
- Mark a W pattern in the left half of the square and fill by counting from the upper left corner.
- Fill the empty cells by counting from the lower left corner.
First, draw the square and mark the cells located on the diagonals. Those cells are filled with the numbers counted from the upper right corner.
Second, mark a W pattern in the lower half of the square and fill the marked cells with the numbers counted from the lower right corner.
Third, mark a W pattern in the left half of the square and fill the marked cells with the numbers counted from the upper left corner.
Finally, fill the empty cells with the numbers counted from the lower left corner.
The result is a 6 by 6 magic square, the sums of the numbers in each row, each column and each diagonal being equal to 111.