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Cubes of Trinomial:

4x4x4
3x3x3
2x2x2
Prisms of Trinomial:
(3) 4x4x3
(3) 4x3x3
(6) 4x3x2
(3) 3x3x2
(3) 4x2x2
(3) 3x2x2
All of the 4×4 faces are red.
All oif the 3×3 faces are blue.
All of the 2×2 faces are red.
All non-square faces are black.

Cubes of Binomial :
4x4x4
3x3x3

Prisms of Binomial:
4x4x2
(3) 4x4x3 
(3) 3x3x4
All 4×4 faces are red. 
All 3×3 faces are blue. 
All 3×4 faces are
black.
When we made ours a few years ago, I used wood cm blocks and
joined them together with wood glue.  I just made the Trinomial Cube
the first time as the cubes and prisms of the Binomial are the same…
They aren’t 100% square, but we did not mind.  (in truth, they looked
pretty darn good IMHO ;)

We also did not paint ours…I was intending to make another set that I
would paint (after coating it with a bit of wood filler)…the kids enjoyed
seeing and feeling how many cm blocks made up each cube or prism. 
At the time, I did not even make up the cards for the cubes either…
this time I am.  I hope this helps someone!

Cards and equations for Binomial and Trinomial cube

TABLE OF THE TRINOMIAL CUBE:

PATTERN OF THE TRINOMIAL CUBE

The pattern repeats itself 18 times: 6 times in each of the external faces, and 2
times in each of the internal sections (the cube can be seperated into 2 parts,
twice in each dimension, or into 2 parts, one in each dimension).
Each pattern represents the square of the trinomial, as illustrated by the figure
below:

FORMULAR:

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