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Shape & space · typical for Grades 3 to 5
Cube nets – worksheets to print
Find out whether six squares can be folded into a cube.
- Choose the number of tasks and the difficulty yourself
- With an answer sheet and, if you like, a QR code to the answers
- At three levels (★ to ★★★) and as group A and B
- As a single worksheet or as a task on a mixed worksheet
Cube nets: explained simply
A cube net is a flat arrangement of six squares that can fold into a cube.
How to work it out
- After folding, the six squares must form six different faces without overlapping.
- Opposite faces do not share an edge on the completed cube.
An example, step by step
Four squares form a row. One extra square is above the second square and one is below it. Is this a cube net?
- Use the second square as the base. Its immediate neighbours fold up as sides.
- The fourth square in the row folds over as the top.
- The two attached squares close the remaining sides. All six faces fit: it is a cube net.
Understand other variations
Find the opposite face
Follow a marked face while imagining the folds. In this example, the fourth square is opposite the second. Distance on the flat paper alone does not tell you which faces are opposite.
Your turn
Are five squares enough for a closed cube?
Show the answer and method
No. A cube has six faces; with five squares, one face stays open.
Ready-made worksheets: Cube nets
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Grade 4 · SingleCube netsA net or not? Which face is opposite?