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title: "Are you ready for the challenge?"
url: "https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/2016-10-18-16-19-11-are-you-ready-for-the-challenge"
school: "St Stephen's Kearsley Moor CofE Primary School"
---

# Are you ready for the challenge?

  ![Image of Are you ready for the challenge?](https://files.schudio.com/ststephenskm/images/blog/magic_squares.jpg)  18 October 2016   [Lyndsey Faulkner](https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/author/Lyndsey)   [Year 2 Blog](https://www.ststephenskearsley.co.uk/blog/category/year-2-blog)

Try out these challenging magic squares to really stretch your childs brain at home by applying their knowledge of additon of 3 numbers to satisfy a given rule. Remind your children to apply their knowledge of number facts and double facts to help solve the challenge. This learning extension is available by going to Year 2's learning wall and by clicking on the tile with the magic square and maths wizard on it and you will be able to access this great game directly. Have fun.

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