What is the number of small cubes with exactly one face painted?

Correct Answer: 18

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
Since 7 corner (Vertices) of bigger cube is untouched hence they are painted with three faces.
Now consider the corner from where we have removed 3 x 3 x 3 cubes,
After removed 3 new corners of the bigger cube will be generated that will be painted with 3 faces and 8 corners from smaller cube of 3 x 3 x 3 painted with 3 faces.
So the such total number of such cubes is 7 + 3 + 8 = 18.

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: 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

Correct Answer: 34

Explanation:

From top face (out of 3 x 3 square face) only one cubes is with one face painted.
From 4 vertical faces each face will give us 6 cubes hence total number of cubes from vertical faces is 6 x 4 = 24.
From bottom face we will get 3 x 3 = 9 cubes
So total number of cubes with one face painted is 1 + 24 + 9 = 34