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(Age 11 Sciennes Primary School, Edinburgh) sent in this solution.
"Here is how you do it. The top level is first, then the middle, then the bottom".
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BYR
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This collection of Solutions from Moorfield Junior School shows how the layers can be placed in different orders, or the whole cube turned upside- down, or described from different angles.
| Chris Goodwin &
Matthew Barker |
Emma Horrocks &
Holly Dwyer |
Keiichi Isayama &
David Sadler |
Robin Green | |
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| LAYER 1 | blue red yellow
red yellow blue yellow blue red |
red yellow blue
blue red yellow yellow blue red |
yellow blue red
blue red yellow red yellow blue |
blue red yellow
red yellow blue yellow red blue |
| LAYER 2 | red yellow blue
yellow blue red blue red yellow |
yellow blue red
red yellow blue blue red yellow |
blue red yellow
red yellow blue yellow blue red |
yellow blue red
blue red yellow red yellow blue |
| LAYER 3 | yellow blue red
blue red yellow red yellow blue |
blue red yellow
yellow blue red red yellow blue |
red yellow blue
yellow blue red blue red yellow |
red yellow blue
yellow blue red blue red yellow |
Bryan Hooi (Year 5, Henry Park Primary School, Singapore) sent in another variation of the solution. Do you think we have found all of them?
| 1st Level | 2nd Level | 3rd Level |
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| R B Y
Y R B B Y R |
B Y R
R B Y Y R B |
Y R B
B Y R R B Y |
Kelly and Josephine showed their solution in another, rather clever way. They used letters, but we have used coloured squares to help you see how this net would show all the little cubes when it was folded into a cube.
