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Here are four cubes joined together:

Three cubes joined horizontally with another cube above the one on the left.

 

We can draw this arrangement of cubes on dotty paper (isometric paper) which gives us a way of drawing 3D objects more easily:

Isometric grid showing the arrangement of cubes above.

 

How many other arrangements of four cubes can you find?

Can you draw them on dotty paper? It's more difficult than it looks!

If you don't have any isometric paper, you can find some on our printable resources page.