Cubes and cuboids

There are 80 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Cubes and cuboids
Little Boxes
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Little Boxes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How many different cuboids can you make when you use four CDs or DVDs? How about using five, then six?
Cereal Packets
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Cereal Packets

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?
Construct-o-Straws
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Construct-o-Straws

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Make a cube out of straws and have a go at this practical challenge.
Multilink Cubes
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Multilink Cubes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
Making Maths: Link-a-Cube
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Making Maths: Link-a-Cube

Make a cube with three strips of paper. Colour three faces or use the numbers 1 to 6 to make a die.
Dice, Routes and Pathways
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Dice, Routes and Pathways

This article for teachers discusses examples of problems in which there is no obvious method but in which children can be encouraged to think deeply about the context and extend their ability to think mathematically, especially geometrically.
Thinking 3D
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Thinking 3D

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?
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Which face?

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Which faces are opposite each other when this net is folded into a cube?