Polyhedra

There are 45 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Polyhedra
Cut Nets
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Favourite

Cut nets

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Each of the nets of nine solid shapes has been cut into two pieces. Can you see which pieces go together?

Tet-Trouble
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Tet-trouble

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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Is it possible to have a tetrahedron whose six edges have lengths 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 units?
Shadow Play
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Shadow play

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Here are shadows of some 3D shapes. What shapes could have made them?

Dodecamagic
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Dodecamagic

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Here you see the front and back views of a dodecahedron. Each vertex has been numbered so that the numbers around each pentagonal face add up to 65. Can you find all the missing numbers?
Sliced
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Sliced

Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
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An irregular tetrahedron has two opposite sides the same length a and the line joining their midpoints is perpendicular to these two edges and is of length b. What is the volume of the tetrahedron?
Tetra Square
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Tetra square

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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ABCD is a regular tetrahedron and the points P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the edges AB, BD, CD and CA. Prove that PQRS is a square.
Rhombicubocts
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Rhombicubocts

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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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?
Magnetic personality
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Magnetic personality

Age
7 to 16
Challenge level
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60 pieces and a challenge. What can you make and how many of the pieces can you use creating skeleton polyhedra?
Child's Play
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Child's play

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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A toy has a regular tetrahedron, a cube and a base with triangular and square hollows. If you fit a shape into the correct hollow a bell rings. How many times does the bell ring in a complete game?
Lighting up time
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Lighting up time

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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A very mathematical light - what can you see?