Three cubed
Problem
Can you make a $3\times 3$ cube with these shapes made from small cubes?
You can record your answer as either pictures or as a net of the cube.
Getting Started
Make the shapes from interlocking cubes such as
"multilink".
The central small cube is blue.
Student Solutions
We had great solutions to this problem from children at Cupernham Junior School and also from Christopher. Both Scarlett from Cupernham and Christopher began by drawing the faces of the cube they had made:
However, it is a little difficult to be clear how the sides fit together and Scarlett explained that she decided to draw the results as a net instead:
Then her friends joined in and sent us different nets of the same cube:
Thank you to you all for emailing us with your answers.
Teachers' Resources
Three Cubed
Can you make a $3\times 3$ cube with these shapes made from small cubes?
You can record your answer as either pictures or as a net of the cube.