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Nets. Polyhedra. Visualising. Surface and surface area. Team-building. Maths Supporting SET. 2D representations of 3D shapes. Interactivities. Cubes & cuboids. STEM - design technology.There are 16 results
Broad Topics > 3D Geometry, Shape and Space > Nets
Thinking 3D
Age 7 to 14
How can we as teachers begin to introduce 3D ideas to young children? Where do they start? How can we lay the foundations for a later enthusiasm for working in three dimensions?
Which Face?
Age 14 to 16 Short Challenge Level:
Which faces are opposite each other when this net is folded into a cube?
Platonic Planet
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Glarsynost lives on a planet whose shape is that of a perfect regular dodecahedron. Can you describe the shortest journey she can make to ensure that she will see every part of the planet?
The Spider and the Fly
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
A spider is sitting in the middle of one of the smallest walls in a room and a fly is resting beside the window. What is the shortest distance the spider would have to crawl to catch the fly?
Cubic Conundrum
Age 7 to 16 Challenge Level:
Which of the following cubes can be made from these nets?
Tet-trouble
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?
Chopped Dice
Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can you make a new type of fair die with 14 faces by shaving the corners off a cube?
Cutting a Cube
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
A half-cube is cut into two pieces by a plane through the long diagonal and at right angles to it. Can you draw a net of these pieces? Are they identical?
Rhombicubocts
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Each of these solids is made up with 3 squares and a triangle around each vertex. Each has a total of 18 square faces and 8 faces that are equilateral triangles. How many faces, edges and vertices. . . .
Auditorium Steps
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
What is the shape of wrapping paper that you would need to completely wrap this model?
Cool as Ice
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Design and construct a prototype intercooler which will satisfy agreed quality control constraints.
Air Nets
Age 7 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct.
Make Your Own Pencil Case
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
What shape would fit your pens and pencils best? How can you make it?
Gym Bag
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
Can Jo make a gym bag for her trainers from the piece of fabric she has?
All Is Number
Age 7 to 14
Read all about Pythagoras' mathematical discoveries in this article written for students.
Witch's Hat
Age 11 to 16 Challenge Level:
What shapes should Elly cut out to make a witch's hat? How can she make a taller hat?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.