This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?
Matthew (St.Clare School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) found this way to give the three children 4 sweets each.
Dan - 3 mints, 1 jelly Sid - 2 chocolate, 2 jellies Anna - 2 chocolate, 2 mints
Kirsten (St.Clare School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) found two more ways to do it.
Dan - 3 mints, 1 jelly Sid - 1 jelly, 3 chocolates Anna - 1 chocolate, 1 jelly, 2 mints
OR
Dan - 3 jelly, 1 mint Sid - 4 chocolate Anna - 4 mints
I wonder if there are any other ways to do it?