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Hi Miss, The number of "nets" of what a solid shape would look like if we "unfolded it. A square pyramid would have a square and four triangles. For example:
This is the most obvious example of a net of a square based pyramid. Here is a less obvious example of a net:
How many more times could you do this before you begin to repeat the nets? Hope this helps, Janice | ||||||||||||
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