3 Sets of Cubes, 2 Surfaces
Why do this problem?
This
activity is specially designed for the highest-attaining pupils that you ever come across. It acts as a further extension to
Two on Five. It's an activity that is intended to give opportunities for those pupils to explore deeply using their intuition and flair in the area of spatial awareness,
also with an opportunity to create a system for solving such problems.
Possible approach
As this is designed for the highest attaining, it might be presented as on the website or in a one-to-one situation, encouraging discussion between adult and pupil. The pupils may need access to a computer program for drawing solutions.
Key questions
Tell me about what you have found.
Can you describe the ways that you arrived at these shape arrangements?
How did you construct these on the computer?