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World 2 · Nets & Folding · 9 min

The 11 nets of a cube

Six squares, many patterns

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There are 35 different ways to join six squares edge to edge (they are called hexominoes). Only 11 of them fold into a cube. Turning or flipping a pattern over does not make a new net.

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How many different nets does a cube have?

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