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A wooden cube painted green on every face is sawn along the lines into equal small cubes. How many of the small cubes have green paint on three faces?

Competition practiceDice & Cubes
  • A8
  • B12
  • C6
  • D4

Step-by-Step Solution

A small cube gets three painted faces only at a corner of the big cube, where three outer faces meet. A cube has 8 corners, whatever the number of cuts, so 8 small cubes. (12 counts the edge cubes, which have two painted faces.)
Answer: A) 8

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