All the best tips, with clear graphics, for mastering the Pattern folding section on your DAT PAT. In this video, you learn how to use a number of strategies in order to analyze cubes - a type of problem that has a shaded pattern on a regular prism. This includes learning how to understand how different maps (or nets) fold, analyzing the position of different faces in relation to one another, and analyzing the orientation of their patterns.

00:00 - Start
00:35 - Understanding how maps fold
04:36 - Example problem 1: Letter patterned cube
06:46 - Example problem 2: XYZ and blanks patterned cube
09:00 - Example problem 3: Centered square and half-shaded face patterned cube
11:02 - Example problem 4: Three parallel half-shaded faces patterned cube
12:34 - Example problem 5: Dice patterned cube
15:02 - Example problem 6: Complex patterned cube
17:43 - RECAP: Understanding how maps fold
18:36 - RECAP: Approach to PF cube problems

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