1. What are the nets of 3D Shapes?
A net is a 2D shape that can be folded to make a 3D Shape. 3D Shapes can be using nets. The shapes that make up the net become the faces of the 3D Shape. There’s often more than one net that you can use to make a 3D Shape.
Let us now see the examples of nets of common 3D Shapes.
1.1 Nets of different 3D Shapes
1.2 Solved Examples
Example: Draw the net of the following cuboid shown below on the centimeter grid.
Solution:
Example: In the picture below is the net of a cube. What is the volume of the cube when the net is folded into a cube?
Solution:
Four sides of the cube = 24 cm,
Therefore, the side of the cube = 24 ÷ 4 = 6 cm
Volume of the cube = side³
= 6³
= 216 cm³
