Correct Answer: 31

Explanation:

Out of 6 faces of 4 faces are exposed and those were painted.
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 2
Number of vertices with 2 faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 1 faces exposed (Painted) is 2
Number of vertices with 0 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of sides with 2 sides exposed (Painted) is 5
Number of sides with 1 sides exposed (Painted) is 6
Number of sides with no sides exposed (Painted) is 1
From the above observation:
Number of cubes with 3 faces Painted is 2
Number of cubes with 2 faces Painted is given by sides which is exposed from two sides and required number of cubes is 6 x 4 + 1 x 5 = 29 since there are 4 edges will give us 6 cubes from 1 edge and 1 edge (between two vertices which are painted or exposed from 3 sides) will give us only 5 cubes.
Number of cubes with 1 face Painted is given by faces which is exposed from one sides and required number of cubes is 36 x 2 + 30 x 2 = 132
Number of cubes with 0 face Painted is given by difference between total number of cubes - number of cubes with at least 1 face painted = 343 - 2 - 29 - 132 = 180
In other words number of cubes with 0 painted is 6 x 6 x 5 = 180
From the above explanation number of the cubes with at least 2 faces painted is 29 + 2 = 31.

Correct Answer: None of these

Explanation:

Out of 6 faces of 4 faces are exposed and those were painted.
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 2
Number of vertices with 2 faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 1 faces exposed (Painted) is 2
Number of vertices with 0 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of sides with 2 sides exposed (Painted) is 5
Number of sides with 1 sides exposed (Painted) is 6
Number of sides with no sides exposed (Painted) is 1
From the above observation:
Number of cubes with 3 faces Painted is 2
Number of cubes with 2 faces Painted is given by sides which is exposed from two sides and required number of cubes is 6 x 4 + 1 x 5 = 29 since there are 4 edges will give us 6 cubes from 1 edge and 1 edge (between two vertices which are painted or exposed from 3 sides) will give us only 5 cubes.
Number of cubes with 1 face Painted is given by faces which is exposed from one sides and required number of cubes is 36 x 2 + 30 x 2 = 132
Number of cubes with 0 face Painted is given by difference between total number of cubes - number of cubes with at least 1 face painted = 343 - 2 - 29 - 132 = 180
In other words number of cubes with 0 painted is 6 x 6 x 5 = 180
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 3 faces painted is 2.

Correct Answer: 150

Explanation:

Out of 6 faces of 5 faces are exposed and those were painted.
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 2 faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 1 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of vertices with 0 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of sides with 2 sides exposed (Painted) is 8
Number of sides with 1 sides exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of sides with no sides exposed (Painted) is 0
From the above observation:
Number of cubes with 3 faces Painted is 4
Number of cubes with 2 faces Painted is given by sides which is exposed from two sides, out of 8 such edges 4 vertical edges will give us 6 cubes per edge and 4 edges from top surface will give us 5 such cubes from each edge and required number of cubes is 6 x 4 + 4 x 5 = 44.
Number of cubes with 1 face Painted is given by faces which is exposed from one sides four vertical faces will give us 6 x 5 = 30 cubes per face and top face will give us 5 x 5 = 25 and required number of cubes is 30 x 4 + 25 x 1 = 145
Number of cubes with 0 face Painted is given by difference between total number of cubes - number of cubes with at least 1 face painted = 343 - 4 - 44 - 145 = 150
In other words number of cubes with 0 painted is 6 x 5 x 5 = 150
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 0 faces painted is 150.

Correct Answer: 44

Explanation:

Out of 6 faces of 5 faces are exposed and those were painted.
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 2 faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 1 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of vertices with 0 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of sides with 2 sides exposed (Painted) is 8
Number of sides with 1 sides exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of sides with no sides exposed (Painted) is 0
From the above observation:
Number of cubes with 3 faces Painted is 4
Number of cubes with 2 faces Painted is given by sides which is exposed from two sides, out of 8 such edges 4 vertical edges will give us 6 cubes per edge and 4 edges from top surface will give us 5 such cubes from each edge and required number of cubes is 6 x 4 + 4 x 5 = 44.
Number of cubes with 1 face Painted is given by faces which is exposed from one sides four vertical faces will give us 6 x 5 = 30 cubes per face and top face will give us 5 x 5 = 25 and required number of cubes is 30 x 4 + 25 x 1 = 145
Number of cubes with 0 face Painted is given by difference between total number of cubes - number of cubes with at least 1 face painted = 343 - 4 - 44 - 145 = 150
In other words number of cubes with 0 painted is 6 x 5 x 5 = 150
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 0 faces painted is 150.
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 2 faces painted is 44.

Correct Answer: 48

Explanation:

Out of 6 faces of 5 faces are exposed and those were painted.
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 2 faces exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of vertices with 1 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of vertices with 0 faces exposed (Painted) is 0
Number of sides with 2 sides exposed (Painted) is 8
Number of sides with 1 sides exposed (Painted) is 4
Number of sides with no sides exposed (Painted) is 0
From the above observation:
Number of cubes with 3 faces Painted is 4
Number of cubes with 2 faces Painted is given by sides which is exposed from two sides, out of 8 such edges 4 vertical edges will give us 6 cubes per edge and 4 edges from top surface will give us 5 such cubes from each edge and required number of cubes is 6 x 4 + 4 x 5 = 44.
Number of cubes with 1 face Painted is given by faces which is exposed from one sides four vertical faces will give us 6 x 5 = 30 cubes per face and top face will give us 5 x 5 = 25 and required number of cubes is 30 x 4 + 25 x 1 = 145
Number of cubes with 0 face Painted is given by difference between total number of cubes - number of cubes with at least 1 face painted = 343 - 4 - 44 - 145 = 150
In other words number of cubes with 0 painted is 6 x 5 x 5 = 150
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 0 faces painted is 150.
From the above explanation number of the cubes with at least 2 faces painted is 44 + 4 = 48.

Correct Answer: 64

Explanation:

Let us see the changes due to removal of cube from corner-
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 7 + 3 = 10
Number of Cubes with 2 sides exposed (Painted): In general one edge gives us 4 (n - 2 in general case) cubes with two face painted but in this case out of 12 edges only 9 edges will give us 4 cubes in one edge and remaining 3 edges will give us 3 cubes from one edge, hence total number of edge is 9 x 4 + 3 x 3 = 45
Number of Cubes with 1 side exposed (Painted): It will remain same as normal case i.e. 6(4²) = 96
Number of Cubes with no sides exposed (Painted) is 4³ = 64
From the above observation:
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 0 faces painted is 64.

Correct Answer: 45

Explanation:

Let us see the changes due to removal of cube from corner-
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 7 + 3 = 10
Number of Cubes with 2 sides exposed (Painted): In general one edge gives us 4 (n - 2 in general case) cubes with two face painted but in this case out of 12 edges only 9 edges will give us 4 cubes in one edge and remaining 3 edges will give us 3 cubes from one edge, hence total number of edge is 9 x 4 + 3 x 3 = 45
Number of Cubes with 1 side exposed (Painted): It will remain same as normal case i.e. 6(4²) = 96
Number of Cubes with no sides exposed (Painted) is 4³ = 64
From the above observation:
From the above explanation number of the cubes with 2 faces painted is 45.

Correct Answer: 205

Explanation:

Let us see the changes due to removal of cube from corner-
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 7 + 3 = 10
Number of Cubes with 2 sides exposed (Painted): In general one edge gives us 4 (n - 2 in general case) cubes with two face painted but in this case out of 12 edges only 9 edges will give us 4 cubes in one edge and remaining 3 edges will give us 3 cubes from one edge, hence total number of edge is 9 x 4 + 3 x 3 = 45
Number of Cubes with 1 side exposed (Painted): It will remain same as normal case i.e. 6(4²) = 96
Number of Cubes with no sides exposed (Painted) is 4³ = 64
From the above observation:
From the above explanation number of the cubes with at most 2 faces painted is 64 + 96 + 45 = 205.
Or else 215 - 10 = 205

Correct Answer: 55

Explanation:

Let us see the changes due to removal of cube from corner-
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 7 + 3 = 10
Number of Cubes with 2 sides exposed (Painted): In general one edge gives us 4 (n - 2 in general case) cubes with two face painted but in this case out of 12 edges only 9 edges will give us 4 cubes in one edge and remaining 3 edges will give us 3 cubes from one edge, hence total number of edge is 9 x 4 + 3 x 3 = 45
Number of Cubes with 1 side exposed (Painted): It will remain same as normal case i.e. 6(4²) = 96
Number of Cubes with no sides exposed (Painted) is 4³ = 64
From the above observation:
From the above explanation number of the cubes with at least 2 faces painted is 45 + 10 = 55.

Correct Answer: None of these

Explanation:

Let us see the changes due to removal of cube from corner-
Number of vertices with three faces exposed (Painted) is 7 + 3 = 10
Number of Cubes with 2 sides exposed (Painted): In general one edge gives us 4 (n - 2 in general case) cubes with two face painted but in this case out of 12 edges only 9 edges will give us 4 cubes in one edge and remaining 3 edges will give us 3 cubes from one edge, hence total number of edge is 9 x 4 + 3 x 3 = 45
Number of Cubes with 1 side exposed (Painted): It will remain same as normal case i.e. 6(4²) = 96
Number of Cubes with no sides exposed (Painted) is 4³ = 64
From the above observation:
No cubes are with 4 face painted.