The Net for a Cube

Tape 6 identical squares together to form a cube. One by one cut the tape between two faces of the cube, trying to keep the squares connected but lie flat on the table. When you succeed, you have a net for a cube.

Here are two animations for the creation of a net.

To learn more about nets for a cube, visit the Learning MATH pages at the Annenberg Learner.org Web site.