The worksheets themselves are in German – just as in class. The editor is only available in German so far.
Shape & space · typical for Grades 2 to 4
Cube buildings – worksheets to print
Count the cubes in a building or write its building plan.
- Choose the number of tasks and the difficulty yourself
- With an answer sheet and, if you like, a QR code to the answers
- At three levels (★ to ★★★) and as group A and B
- As a single worksheet or as a task on a mixed worksheet
Cube buildings: explained simply
A cube building consists of stacks of small cubes. A plan viewed from above records the height of each stack.
How to work it out
- For each position, count every cube from the ground to the top, including hidden cubes underneath.
- Write the stack height in the plan, or 0 for an empty position. Add the heights to find the total number of cubes.
An example, step by step
Three positions have stacks of heights 2, 1 and 3.
- The first stack has 2 cubes and the second has 1.
- The third has 3 cubes, even if some are partly hidden.
- Altogether: 2 + 1 + 3 = 6 cubes.
Your turn
A plan has two rows: 2, 0 and 1, 3. How many cubes are there?
Show the answer and method
2 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 6 cubes.
Ready-made worksheets: Cube buildings
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