What is the number of small cubes which have exactly three faces painted?

Correct Answer: 16

Explanation:

Number of cubes with 3 face coloured = 4 (Bottom cubes) + 8 top cubes + 4 (column cubes) = 16

Correct Answer: 8

Explanation:

Each has Red faces on top layer = all edges cube = 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8

Correct Answer: 33

Explanation:

Only two faces are coloured is when cubes are at the edges (baring the corner cubes)
If no cubes have been removed then on each edges we will get 3 cubes that has exactly 2 faces coloured, hence total number of such cubes = 12 x 3 = 36, because we have 12 edges.
Out of these 3 cubes are removed hence required number of cubes = 36 - 3 = 33

Correct Answer: 25

Explanation:

In any plane, leave 4 sides cube and select (3 x 3 x 3) inter section. But
the cubes 2 x 2 x 1 give 2 less cube because that part we are already removed.
No. of cubes = (3 x 3 x 3) - 2 = 25.

Correct Answer: 112

Explanation:

Total no. of cubes = 5³ = 125,
Some cubes from different corners are removed and the number removed cubes are 2, 3, 4 and 4.
Remaining number of small cubes:
= 125 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 4 = 125 - 13 = 112

Correct Answer: 66

Explanation:

Initial total number of cubes = 343,
Number of cubes removed = 27
Smaller 27 cubes painted blue
Exposed faces of original big cube (3 faces with 9 cube on each face i.e total 27 cubes) painted with black
In original big cube number of faces with one colour is 3(6 -2)² = 48 (here we have considered only 3 untouched of big cube)
But here we have removed a cubes of the form of 3 x 3 x 3 and again put it back so out of three new exposed faces of big cube we will have 4 cubes in each face that is painted with one colour hence number of cubes from these three surfaces is 3 x 4 = 12
Now consider out of 3 x 3 x 3 cubes we will have 6 cubes (one in each face ) which are painted only one face.
Hence total number of cubes = 48 + 12 + 6 = 66

Correct Answer: 40

Explanation:

Initial total number of cubes = 343,
Number of cubes removed = 27
Smaller 27 cubes painted blue
Exposed faces of original big cube (3 faces with 9 cube on each face i.e total 27 cubes) painted with black
Without any changes number of cubes with no face colour is given by (6 - 2)³ = 64
Now because of removal of 3 x 3 x 3 cubes from one of the corner from each face that were not painted earlier got exposed and will get painted, so from 3 x 3 x 3 cubes 4 x 3 = 12 cubes got painted, and a similar number from 3 exposed faces of big cube got painted.
Total number of cubes with no face painted is 64 - 12 - 12 = 40

Correct Answer: 15

Explanation:

Initial total number of cubes = 343,
Number of cubes removed = 27
Smaller 27 cubes painted blue
Exposed faces of original big cube (3 faces with 9 cube on each face i.e total 27 cubes) painted with black
Out of 27 small cubes from 3 x 3 x 3, outer 26 cubes are 1st painted with blue and then it is kept back with original cube and painted with yellow so out of 26 cubes only 5 edges will give us cubes with both the colours and number of such cubes are 12

Correct Answer: 8

Explanation:

Initial total number of cubes = 343,
Number of cubes removed = 27
Smaller 27 cubes painted blue
Exposed faces of original big cube (3 faces with 9 cube on each face i.e total 27 cubes) painted with black
Out of 12 cubes in previous question there are 4 cubes with 2 faces yellow so number of cubes painted two faces only one with yellow and one with blue is 12 - 4 = 8

Correct Answer: 105

Explanation:

Number of cubes removed from top face = 16
Number of cubes removed from bottom face = 4
Number of cubes left = 125 - (16 + 4 ) = 105