Stage: 2, 3 and 4 Challenge Level: 
Look at this image for a short while before turning away.
Can you:
- Recreate the image?
- Describe the image?
- Say some mathematical things about what you notice?
- Think of some mathematical questions you would like to ask about it?
Here is a Word document containing the image.
This image is taken from the NRICH Mathematics Posters CD called "Exploring Squares" published by Virtual Image. More details of this and the "Exploring Circles" CD can be foundhere.
Real world. Nets. Cubes. Working systematically. Visualising. Games. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Squares. Circles. Questioning.
Published May 2009,July 2009,August 2009.
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