These tasks all make use of interlocking cubes. They supplement the activities found in our Cubes Feature.
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Break it up!
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?
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Holes
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
I've made some cubes and some cubes with holes in. This challenge invites you to explore the difference in the number of small cubes I've used. Can you see any patterns?
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Triple cubes
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
This challenge involves eight three-cube models made from interlocking cubes. Investigate different ways of putting the models together then compare your constructions.
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Making longer, making shorter
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Ahmed is making rods using different numbers of cubes. Which rod is twice the length of his first rod?
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Four colours
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Kate has eight multilink cubes. She has two red ones, two yellow, two green and two blue. She wants to fit them together to make a cube so that each colour shows on each face just once.
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Two on five
Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
Take 5 cubes of one colour and 2 of another colour. How many
different ways can you join them if the 5 must touch the table and
the 2 must not touch the table?
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Start cube drilling
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Imagine a 3 by 3 by 3 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will have holes drilled through them?
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Cubes
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
How many faces can you see when you arrange these three cubes in different ways?