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Two Cube Folding Puzzles (Posted on 2007-12-18)

How can a 2x4 rectangle be cut (and still remain in one piece) and be able to be folded into a 1x1x1 cube?

How about a 3x3 square?

Submitted by Brian Smith

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If the rectangle and square are cut along the lines indicated below then the number in each subsquare indicates which face of a standard die that subsquare will be folded onto.
+--+--+--+--+ | 1 2 6 5| +--+--+--+ + | 1 4 6 3| +--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+ | 6 4 4| + +--+ + | 6| 1 2| + +--+--+ | 5 5 3| +--+--+--+
More solutions can be found in the comments, including this one by Gamer where no cuts need to be made.

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Subject	Author	Date
solution (no units for rectangle)	Ryan	2007-12-24 14:27:36
re(2): solution - redundancy	brianjn	2007-12-19 19:36:09
re: solution - redundancy	brianjn	2007-12-19 09:42:22
Solutions which don't cut	Gamer	2007-12-19 00:52:15
re: solution	nikki	2007-12-18 15:56:53
solution	Charlie	2007-12-18 13:17:00

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