Now let's look at how a pair of middle school students solved a problem involving hexominos.

Students made their own hexominos and then were asked this question: Which of the hexominos you constructed can be folded to make a cube? Which cannot make a cube?

Here's how one pair of middle school students responded. As you look at their solutions, think about questions you would like to ask them.

These will not make a cube: These will make a cube:

  Questions one might ask these students