6-CUBES-30-Jul-2018 - Reference Material I - Cubes PDF

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INTRODUCTION
A cube is a 3-dimensional diagram with all sides

equal.
Edge
Face
Corner
Face:
Also called facets or sides. A cube has six faces
which are all squares, so each face has four
equal sides and all four interior angles are right
angles.
Edge:
A line segment formed where two edges meet.
A cube has 12 edges. Because all faces are
squares and congruent to each other, all 12
edges are the same
Corner/ Vertex:
A point formed where three edges meet. A cube
has 8 vertices.
Face Diagonals:
Face diagonals are line segments linking the
opposite corners of a face. Each face has two,
for a total of 12 in the cube. The length of the
face diagonals is given by the formula where s
is the length of one side (edge). Since the faces
are squares, this is the same as the diagonal of
a square.
Space Diagonals:
Space diagonals are line segments linking the
opposite corners of a cube, cutting through its
interior. A cube has 4 space diagonals. The
length of the space diagonal is given by the
formula where s is the length of one side (edge).
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KEY POINTS
Note:
In a cube or a cuboid there are six faces in each.

In a cube length, breadth and height are same
while in cuboid these are different.
In a cube the number of unit cubes = (side)3.
In cuboid the number of unit cube = (l x b x h)
PRACTICE PROBLEMS (EXPLANATORY ANSWERS AT THE END)
1. What is the maximum number of identical

pieces a cube can be cut into by 18 cuts?
A. 21 B.729 C. 343 D. 324
2. If a cube is cut 17 times, then what is the

maximum number of identical pieces that
can be obtained?
A.100 B.18 C. 294 D. None
3. What is the minimum number of cuts that

must be given on a bigger cube so that one
can get 729 smaller identical pieces?
A. 24 B. 27 C. 54 D. 81
4. What is the minimum number of cuts that

must be given on a bigger cube so that one
can get 288 smaller identical pieces?
A. 23 B.19 C.17 D. None
Directions for questions 5 to 9: Refer the

following data to answer the questions given
below.
343 small but identical cubes are put together

to form one large cube, which is then painted
with a single colour on all its six faces.
5. How many of the smaller cubes have no faces

painted at all?
A. 127 B. 125 C. 122 D. None
6. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly

one face painted?
A. 125 B. 60 C. 150 D. None
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two faces painted?
A. 60 B. 36 C. 64 D. None

three faces painted?
A. 10 B. 13 C. 14 D. None
9. Which one of the following is the correct

ascending order based on the number of cubes
in each set which have a particular number of
faces painted?
A. 1 Face, 3 Faces, 0 Faces, 2 Faces
B. 0 Faces, 1 Face, 2 Faces, 3 Faces
C. 3 Faces, 1 Face, 0 Faces, 2 Faces
D. 3 Faces, 2 Faces, 0 Faces, 1 Face
10. A larger cube is painted with green colour

and is cut into 512 smaller identical cubes.
Among the smaller cubes, how many more
cubes with one face coloured are present than
the two faces coloured cubes?
A. 8 B. 64 C. 144 D. 216
11. A bigger cube is painted with violet colour

and is cut into a certain number of identical
cubes. If there are 376 one face coloured cubes
more than the number of three face coloured
cubes, then what is the number of cubes that
are coloured on at least two faces?
A. 96 B. 104 C. 504 D. None
12. A cube is painted using 3 different colours

such that each pair of opposite sides has the
same colour. This cube is then cut into 125
identical pieces. A maximum of how many cubes
of the same colour are present which have only
one face painted?
A. 9 B. 18 C. 54 D. None
13. Three equal cubes are cut into 512 small

cubes each and then merged into a cuboid,
whose 2 sides are equal. This cuboid is then
painted on all sides. How many of the smaller
cubes are not painted on any face?
A. 792 B. 1078 C. 648 D. None
14. A cubical box is painted on all its open

surfaces and cut into 729 identical smaller
cubes, then the corner cubes are removed first,
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after which the middle or the centre cube on

each of the 6 faces is removed. How many more
cubes are present which are not painted on any
side than the cubes painted on 2 sides?
A. 343 B. 337 C. 259 D. None
Directions for questions 15 and 16: A cube is

colored orange on one face, purple on the
opposite face, gold on one face and green on a
face adjacent to the gold face. The other two
faces are left uncolored. It is then cut into 216
smaller cubes of equal size.
15. How many cubes have all the faces

uncolored?
A. 80 B. 125 C. 100 D. 64
16. How many cubes have at least two faces

colored?
A. 20 B. 23 C. 21 D.
26
Directions for questions 17 and 18: A cube of

side 125 mm is painted in pink on all faces. On
each face, an orange strip of width 25 mm is
pasted along the four sides. It is then cut 4
times along each plane such that identical cubes
are obtained.
17. How many of the small cubes have at least

two faces of the same color (either pink or
orange)?
A. 36 B. 44 C. 24 D. 32
18. How many of the small cubes are painted in

pink on at least one face?
A. 54 B. 64 C. 72 D. None
Directions for questions 19 and 20: A cube is cut

in two equal parts along a plane parallel to one
of its faces. One piece is then colored red on the
two larger faces and green on the remaining,
while the other is colored green on two smaller
adjacent faces and red on the remaining. Each
is then cut into 32 cubes of same size and mixed
up.
19. What is the number of cubes with at least

one green face each?
A. 32 B. 36 C. 48 D. 38
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20. How many cubes have no colored face at

all?
A. 8 B. 16 C. 32 D. None
SOLUTION WITH EXPLNATORY ANSWER
1. If we apply 6 cuts along 3 planes, we will get

number of cubes = 73 = 343. Hence the
correct answer is option C
2. 17 cuts should be applied as 6 + 6 + 5 cuts

along 3 planes. So, maximum number of
pieces = 7*7*6 =294. Hence the correct
answer is option C
3. To get 729 (= 93) identical pieces, we must

apply 8 cuts along 3 planes. Hence total
number of cuts = 8 + 8 + 8 =24. Hence the
correct answer is option A
4. To get smaller identical pieces, we will have

to break 288 into product of 3 closest
numbers. 288 = 6 * 6 * 8. So number of cuts
= 5 + 5 + 7 = 17 cuts. Hence the correct
answer is option C
5. Cubes with no sides painted = (n-2)3 = 53

=125. Hence the correct answer is option B
6. Cubes with exactly one face painted = 6(n-

2)2 = 6(5)2 = 150. Hence the correct answer
is option C
7. Cubes with exactly two face painted = 12(n-

2) = 12(5) = 60. Hence the correct answer
is option A.
8. Cubes having 3 sides painted = 8. Hence the

correct answer is option D
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9. The correct ascending order is 8, 60, 125 and

150. i.e. 3 faces, 2 faces, 0 faces, 1 face.
Hence the correct answer is option D
10. Cubes with one face painted = 6(n-2)2

=6(6)2=216. Cubes with two faces painted =
12(n-2) = 12(6) = 72. Difference = 216 – 72
= 144. Hence the correct answer is option
C
11. Number of cubes with 3 coloured faces = 8

So, number of cubes with 1 coloured face = 376
+ 8 = 384. So, 6 (n-2)2 = 384. (n-2)2 = 64
n = 10. Number of cubes with 2 coloured faces
= 12(n-2) = 12 (8) = 96. Number of cubes with
at least 2 coloured faces = 96 + 8 = 104. Hence
the correct answer is option B
12. Cubes with one face painted = 6(3)2

=54. Cubes with one face painted with
the same colour = 54/3 = 18. Hence the
correct answer is option B
13. Dimensions of cuboid = 24 * 8 * 8

Cubes with none of sides painted
= 22* 6 * 6 = 792. Hence the correct answer is
option A
14. Cubes that are not painted = 73 =343

Cubes that are on edges except corner but one
will be coloured with 2 faces as “corner but one”
will be coloured on 3 faces.
So their number = 12*(9 – 2 – 2) = 60
Because of center cube on each face being

removed and all open surfaces coloured, the
four adjacent cubes will be coloured on 2 faces.
Their number = 6 * 4 = 24
So required number = 343 – (60 + 24) = 259

Hence the correct answer is option C
15.
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No of internal cubes = (6-2)3 = 64

Cubes on un-painted faces = 16 + 16 + 4 = 36
Cubes having all faces painted = 64+36 = 100
Hence the correct answer is option C
16. Cubes having 3 faces painted = 2

Corner cubes having 2 faces painted = 4
Edges that will have cubes painted = 5
Cubes on these edges = 5(6-2) = 20
Total number of cubes that have at least 2 faces
painted = 2 + 4 + 20 = 26
17. Number of cubes having 2 faces coloured

orange = 12 (n-2) = 12(5 - 2) = 36
Number of cubes having 3 faces coloured
orange = 8
So the number of small cubes that have at the
least two faces coloured with orange = 36 + 8
= 44
Hence the correct answer is option B
18. Cubes with only 1 face painted pink = 6(3)2

=54
There will be no cubes with 2 or 3 sides painted
pink because edges and corner are all orange.
Hence the correct answer is option A
19. Assume that the below is the first piece

which is painted red on two larger faces and
green on other faces.
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Number of cubes with at least one green face =

32 – Cubes with only red = 32 – 8 = 24
Now Assume that the below is the second piece

which is painted green on two smaller faces and
red on other faces.
Number of cubes with at least one green face =

8 + 6 = 14
So total number of cubes with at least one green
face = 24 + 14 = 38
20. Cubes having no coloured face will be 0.


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A cube is a 3-dimensional diagram with all sides

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In a cube or a cuboid there are six faces in each.

PRACTICE PROBLEMS (EXPLANATORY ANSWERS AT THE END)

1. What is the maximum number of identical

2. If a cube is cut 17 times, then what is the

3. What is the minimum number of cuts that

4. What is the minimum number of cuts that

Directions for questions 5 to 9: Refer the

343 small but identical cubes are put together

5. How many of the smaller cubes have no faces

6. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly

7. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly

8. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly

9. Which one of the following is the correct

10. A larger cube is painted with green colour

11. A bigger cube is painted with violet colour

12. A cube is painted using 3 different colours

13. Three equal cubes are cut into 512 small

14. A cubical box is painted on all its open

after which the middle or the centre cube on

Directions for questions 15 and 16: A cube is

15. How many cubes have all the faces

16. How many cubes have at least two faces

Directions for questions 17 and 18: A cube of

17. How many of the small cubes have at least

18. How many of the small cubes are painted in

Directions for questions 19 and 20: A cube is cut

19. What is the number of cubes with at least

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20. How many cubes have no colored face at

SOLUTION WITH EXPLNATORY ANSWER

1. If we apply 6 cuts along 3 planes, we will get

2. 17 cuts should be applied as 6 + 6 + 5 cuts

3. To get 729 (= 93) identical pieces, we must

4. To get smaller identical pieces, we will have

5. Cubes with no sides painted = (n-2)3 = 53

6. Cubes with exactly one face painted = 6(n-

7. Cubes with exactly two face painted = 12(n-

8. Cubes having 3 sides painted = 8. Hence the

9. The correct ascending order is 8, 60, 125 and

10. Cubes with one face painted = 6(n-2)2

11. Number of cubes with 3 coloured faces = 8

12. Cubes with one face painted = 6(3)2

13. Dimensions of cuboid = 24 * 8 * 8

14. Cubes that are not painted = 73 =343

Because of center cube on each face being

So required number = 343 – (60 + 24) = 259

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No of internal cubes = (6-2)3 = 64

Hence the correct answer is option C

16. Cubes having 3 faces painted = 2

17. Number of cubes having 2 faces coloured

18. Cubes with only 1 face painted pink = 6(3)2

19. Assume that the below is the first piece

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Number of cubes with at least one green face =

Now Assume that the below is the second piece

Number of cubes with at least one green face =

Hence the correct answer is option D

20. Cubes having no coloured face will be 0.

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