Nets

There are 25 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Nets
The Spider and the Fly
problem

The Spider and the Fly

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
filled star filled star empty star
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?
Cut Nets
problem

Cut Nets

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
filled star filled star empty star
Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?
A Puzzling Cube
problem

A Puzzling Cube

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
filled star empty star empty star
Here are the six faces of a cube - in no particular order. Here are three views of the cube. Can you deduce where the faces are in relation to each other and record them on the net of this cube?
More Christmas Boxes
problem

More Christmas Boxes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
filled star empty star empty star
What size square should you cut out of each corner of a 10 x 10 grid to make the box that would hold the greatest number of cubes?
Cubic Conundrum
problem

Cubic Conundrum

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
filled star filled star filled star
Which of the following cubes can be made from these nets?
Cutting a Cube
problem

Cutting a Cube

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
filled star filled star filled star
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
problem

Rhombicubocts

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
filled star filled star empty star
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 does each solid have?
Let's Face It
problem

Let's Face It

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
filled star filled star filled star
In this problem you have to place four by four magic squares on the faces of a cube so that along each edge of the cube the numbers match.
Tet-Trouble
problem

Tet-Trouble

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
filled star filled star filled star
Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?
Face Painting
problem

Face Painting

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
filled star filled star empty star
You want to make each of the 5 Platonic solids and colour the faces so that, in every case, no two faces which meet along an edge have the same colour.