Can you wrap this cube?
Here are the rules:
1. The paper may be only cut or folded along the crease lines.
2. The cutting should not cause pieces to separate.
What is "underneath" the cube or "behind" it?!For those who want to cause trouble:
1) This is a 2d redering of a 3d scene, if you fail to see the 3d scene then this puzzle is not for you.
2) The cube is the orange object, it's orange because it's made of Adamantium which can't be cut, not even by Wolverine.
3) The blue paper below the orange is the thing you need to cut and wrap around the orange cube. If you plan to cut your computer screen then go back and read 1) again.
The thing underneath and behind the cube is "the paper".What is "underneath" the cube or "behind" it?!For those who want to cause trouble:
1) This is a 2d redering of a 3d scene, if you fail to see the 3d scene then this puzzle is not for you.
2) The cube is the orange object, it's orange because it's made of Adamantium which can't be cut, not even by Wolverine.
3) The blue paper below the orange is the thing you need to cut and wrap around the orange cube. If you plan to cut your computer screen then go back and read 1) again.
Next question: Maximize the number of leftover squares.Wait a minute, The surface area of the cube is 6, the paper 9, that's too much! This makes is lot more complicated.
I did this once as part of a marketing plan for the magazine. We printed cards with lots of these puzzles: "Move one match to..."; Magic Eye; "Turn over three coins to...", etc. My brilliant, if I say so myself, idea was by making the puzzles impossible people would stare at the card (and magazine logo and website) for a long time. The tagline was "Do you get it?" and obv has many interpretations. God, I used to be soooo good! When did it all go wrong?From a psychological point of view, wouldn't it be great is someone made this puzzle and the answer was "no, can't be done." ?
Congrats!!LOL! Tricky! But DONE!
Make a spiral of the 9 squares but cutting in from the edge for 2 squares, turning, cutting 1 square, turning, and cutting 1 square to have the center square cut on 3 sides.
Starting at the center, crease the center square 90° toward it's neighbor, that square 90° to it's neighbor, and that square 90° to it's neighbor to form an open box shape that's missing 2 sides.
Next (and the likely "out-of-the-box" thought that most miss) is to crease the next neighbor 180° back on the developing box.
Then crease the next neighbor 90° to cover one of the remaining open sides, then make another 180° crease, then the final 90°.
I had one cut, two edges long.LOL! Tricky! But DONE!
Make a spiral of the 9 squares but cutting in from the edge for 2 squares, turning, cutting 1 square, turning, and cutting 1 square to have the center square cut on 3 sides.
Starting at the center, crease the center square 90° toward it's neighbor, that square 90° to it's neighbor, and that square 90° to it's neighbor to form an open box shape that's missing 2 sides.
Next (and the likely "out-of-the-box" thought that most miss) is to crease the next neighbor 180° back on the developing box.
Then crease the next neighbor 90° to cover one of the remaining open sides, then make another 180° crease, then the final 90°.
The solution I described has no leftovers -- there's one overlap early in the folding and then each 180° crease creates an overlap.How many leftover squares? I had one double layer and two leftovers.LOL! Tricky! But DONE!
Make a spiral of the 9 squares but cutting in from the edge for 2 squares, turning, cutting 1 square, turning, and cutting 1 square to have the center square cut on 3 sides.
Starting at the center, crease the center square 90° toward it's neighbor, that square 90° to it's neighbor, and that square 90° to it's neighbor to form an open box shape that's missing 2 sides.
Next (and the likely "out-of-the-box" thought that most miss) is to crease the next neighbor 180° back on the developing box.
Then crease the next neighbor 90° to cover one of the remaining open sides, then make another 180° crease, then the final 90°.