Make a cube out of straws and have a go at this practical
Investigate the number of faces you can see when you arrange three cubes in different ways.
We need to wrap up this cube-shaped present, remembering that we
can have no overlaps. What shapes can you find to use?
Sophie and Ruyi (Annesley College, Adelaide,
South Australia) explained how they worked out their answer:
Catherine (Tattingstone Primary UK) got
the same answer, but thought it through a little
Ece (Private IRMAK Primary &
Secondary School, Istanbul, Turkey) showed the position of each
colour on the dice by drawing a net of a cube:
Jason (Priory School UK), Alison (UK),
Thomas (Tattingstone School UK), Christina (Malborough Primary
School, UK), Evren and Christian , Eda , and Ece D (Private IRMAK
Primary & Secondary School, Istanbul, Turkey) all agreed that
the colour was orange.