There are 23 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Nets, you may find related items under 3D geometry, shape and space.
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The Spider and the Fly
A spider is sitting in the middle of one of the smallest walls in aroom and a fly is resting beside the window. What is the shortestdistance the spider would have to crawl to catch the fly?
Age 14 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Cut Nets
Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?
Age 7 to 11
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
A Puzzling Cube
Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?
Age 7 to 11
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Tet-trouble
Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?
Age 14 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Which Face?
Which faces are opposite each other when this net is folded into a cube?
Age 14 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Cool as Ice
Design and construct a prototype intercooler which will satisfy agreed quality control constraints.
Age 11 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Gym Bag
Can Jo make a gym bag for her trainers from the piece of fabric she has?
Age 11 to 16
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Project Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Make Your Own Pencil Case
What shape would fit your pens and pencils best? How can you make it?
Age 11 to 14
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Chopped Dice
Can you make a new type of fair die with 14 faces by shaving thecorners off a cube?
Age 14 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Auditorium Steps
What is the shape of wrapping paper that you would need to completely wrap this model?
Age 7 to 14
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Air Nets
Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct.
Age 7 to 18
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Triangular Faces
This problem invites you to build 3D shapes using two differenttriangles. Can you make the shapes from the pictures?
Age 7 to 11
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
All Wrapped Up
What is the largest cuboid you can wrap in an A3 sheet of paper?
Age 7 to 11
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Article Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
All Is Number
Read all about Pythagoras' mathematical discoveries in this article written for students.
Age 7 to 14
Article Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Thinking 3D
How can we as teachers begin to introduce 3D ideas to youngchildren? Where do they start? How can we lay the foundations for alater enthusiasm for working in three dimensions?
Age 7 to 14
Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
More Christmas Boxes
What size square should you cut out of each corner of a 10 x 10grid to make the box that would hold the greatest number of cubes?
Age 7 to 11
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Cubic Conundrum
Which of the following cubes can be made from these nets?
Age 7 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Cutting a Cube
A half-cube is cut into two pieces by a plane through the long diagonal and at right angles to it. Can you draw a net of these pieces? Are they identical?
Age 11 to 14
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Rhombicubocts
Each of these solids is made up with 3 squares and a triangle around each vertex. Each has a total of 18 square faces and 8 faces that are equilateral triangles. How many faces, edges and vertices does each solid have?
Age 11 to 14
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Let's Face It
In this problem you have to place four by four magic squares on thefaces of a cube so that along each edge of the cube the numbersmatch.
Age 7 to 11
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Face Painting
You want to make each of the 5 Platonic solids and colour the facesso that, in every case, no two faces which meet along an edge havethe same colour.
Age 7 to 11
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Platonic Planet
Glarsynost lives on a planet whose shape is that of a perfectregular dodecahedron. Can you describe the shortest journey she canmake to ensure that she will see every part of the planet?
Age 14 to 16
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Problem Primary curriculum Secondary curriculum
Presents
We need to wrap up this cube-shaped present, remembering that we can have no overlaps. What shapes can you find to use?
Age 7 to 11
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