Tetrahedra investigation

A short investigation to find the number of ways the net of a tetrahedron can be coloured using four different colours only once.

The unit is split into three sections:

• How many ways can the net of a tetrahedron be coloured using four different colours only once?



• How many ways can the net of a tetrahedron be coloured if rotations aren’t allowed?



• How many ways can a 3D tetrahedron be coloured using four different colours only once?

Maths investigations3Dtetrahedratetrahedronnetsinteractiveproblem solving