Illuminations: Cube Nets

Cube Nets


A net is a two-dimensional figure that can be folded into a three-dimensional object. Which of the nets below will form a cube?

Instructions

 
Click on any net. Nets that are able to be folded into a cube will change color.

If you click on a net that cannot be folded into a cube, an explanation will be provided.

Exploration

 
The net below can be folded into a cube. Do you see it? In your mind, try to figure out how it happens. Then, click on the image to watch the net fold into a cube.

There are exactly eleven nets that will form a cube. Which of the figures below can be folded into a cube? Click on the figures to find out. Those that form a cube will change colors. For the others, you will be told why they won't work.

  

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