Grade 4

What is a net?

net

A flat shape that folds up to make a solid.

For example

Unfold a juice box flat and you can see its net.

In Grade 4

Children unfold real boxes and lay them flat to see the net of a solid.

Watch out for

Children often think any arrangement of faces will fold into the solid. Some nets overlap, so they have to be tested.

Say it at home

Carefully open out a cardboard box and look at the flat shape it makes.

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