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The four side faces of this cube are painted green, but the top and bottom are left bare. How many small cubes have green on exactly one face?

Competition practiceDice & Cubes
  • A4
  • B6
  • C8
  • D12

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A cube with one green face lies on a side face but not at an upright edge, where two sides meet. On each side face that is the middle column of 3 cubes, top to bottom (the top and bottom are unpainted, so they do not add a face). . (4 counts only the very middle squares.)
Answer: D) 12

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