Cubes and cuboids

  • Three Cubed
    problem

    Three Cubed

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    Can you make a 3×3 cube with these shapes made from small cubes?

  • All Wrapped Up
    problem

    All Wrapped Up

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    What is the largest cuboid you can wrap in an A3 sheet of paper?
  • Cuboid-in-a-Box
    problem

    Cuboid-In-A-Box

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3
    What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?
  • Cube Drilling
    problem

    Cube Drilling

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
    3 out of 3

    Imagine a 4 by 4 by 4 cube. If you and a friend drill holes in some of the small cubes in the ways described, how many will not have holes drilled through them?

  • Drilling many cubes
    problem

    Drilling Many Cubes

    Age
    7 to 14
    Challenge level
    2 out of 3

    A useful visualising exercise which offers opportunities for discussion and generalising, and which could be used for thinking about the formulae needed for generating the results on a spreadsheet.

  • How many dice?
    problem

    How Many Dice?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    A standard die has the numbers 1, 2 and 3 are opposite 6, 5 and 4 respectively so that opposite faces add to 7? If you make standard dice by writing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on blank cubes you will find there are 2 and only 2 different standard dice. Can you prove this ?

  • Icosian Game
    problem

    Icosian Game

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.

  • Small pepper seedlings in turquoise pots.
    problem

    Net Result

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3

    The net shown here is cut out and folded to form a cube. Which face is then opposite the face marked X?

  • Troublesome Dice
    problem

    Troublesome Dice

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    1 out of 3
    When dice land edge-up, we usually roll again. But what if we didn't...?