Representation with Nets

Representation with Nets
Introduction

Three-dimensional shapes can be difficult to visualize. Nets make this easier by showing all the faces of a solid laid flat. Studying nets helps understand how flat shapes come...

Open a cardboard box by cutting along a few edges, then unfold it and lay it flat. This flat pattern is called a net.

A net is a two-dimensional shape that can fold to form a three-dimensional solid.

Nets help us understand surface area because all the faces of the solid are visible at once.

For example, the net of a triangula...