Multiplication Magic Squares (November 16th to 20th)

The Mathletes continued their exploration of multiplication this week with Multiplication Magic Squares where a two by two grid contains 4 numbers which when you multiply them horizontally or vertically they have a product of the numbers outside the grid.

The challenge is that the boxes inside are empty, so students have to look for common factors of each number and then see if the rest of the puzzle falls into place.

After they are done, they should create their own Multiplication Magic Square puzzles and then a blank page so they can share with others.   A further challenge is to look for multiple solutions in each puzzle.  They are not always possible.

See the attached pdfs. with answers.