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Cube and Cuboid

Introduction:
• In a cube or a cuboid there are six faces in each.
• In a cube length, breadth and height are same while in cuboid these are different.
• In a cube the number of unit cubes = (side)3.
• In cuboid the number of unit cube = (l x b x h).
Example:
A cube of each side 4 cm, has been painted black, red and green on pars of opposite faces. It is then cut
into small cubes of each side 1 cm.

The following questions and answers are based on the information give above:

1. How many small cubes will be there ?

Total no. of cubes = (sides)3 = (4)3 = 64

2. How many small cubes will have three faces painted ?

From the figure it is clear that the small cube having three faces coloured are situated at the corners of the
big cube because at these corners only three faces of the big cube meet.
Therefore the required number of such cubes is always 8, because there are 8 corners.

3. How many small cubes will have only two faces painted ?
From the figure it is clear that to each edge of the big cube 4 small cubes are connected and two out of
them are situated at the corners of the big cube which have all three faces painted.
Thus, to edge two small cubes are left which have two faces painted. As the total no. of edges in a cube
are 12.
Hence the no. of small cubes with two faces coloured = 12 x 2 = 24
(or)
No. of small cubes with two faces coloured = (x - 2) x No. of edges
where x = (side of big cube / side of small cube)

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4. How many small cubes will have only one face painted ?
The cubes which are painted on one face only are the cubes at the centre of each face of the big cube.
Since there are 6 faces in the big cube and each of the face of big cube there will be four small cubes.
Hence, in all there will be 6 x 4 = 24 such small cubes (or) (x - 2)2 x 6.

5. How many small cubes will have no faces painted ?

No. of small cubes will have no faces painted = No. of such small cubes
= (x - 2)3 [ Here x = (4/1) = 4 ]
= (4 - 2)3
= 8.

6. How many small cubes will have only two faces painted in black and green and all other faces
unpainted ?
There are 4 small cubes in layer II and 4 small cubes in layer III which have two faces painted green and
black.
Required no. of such small cubes = 4 + 4 = 8.

7. How many small cubes will have only two faces painted green and red ?
No. of small cubes having two faces painted green and red = 4 + 4 = 8.

8. How many small cubes will have only two faces painted black and red ?
No. of small cubes having two faces painted black and red = 4 + 4 = 8.

9. How many small cubes will have only black painted ?

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No. of small cubes having only black paint. There will be 8 small cubes which have only black paint. Four
cubes will be form one side and 4 from the opposite side.

10. How many small cubes will be only red painted ?

No. of small cubes having only red paint = 4 + 4 = 8.

11. How many small cubes will be only green painted ?

No. of small cubes having only green paint = 4 + 4 = 8.

12. How many small cubes will have at least one face painted ?
No. of small cubes having at least one face painted = No. of small cubes having 1 face painted + 2 faces
painted + 3 faces painted
= 24 + 24 + 8
= 56.

13. How many small cubes will have at least two faces painted ?
No. of small cubes having at least two faces painted = No. of small cubes having two faces painted + 3
faces painted
= 24 + 8
= 32.

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Exercise - 01

Directions(Q.1-Q.5): The following questions are based on the information given below:
1. A cuboid shaped wooden block has 6 cm length, 4 cm breadth and 1 cm height.
2. Two faces measuring 4 cm x 1 cm are coloured in black.
3. Two faces measuring 6 cm x 1 cm are coloured in red.
4. Two faces measuring 6 cm x 4 cm are coloured in green.
5. The block is divided into 6 equal cubes of side 1 cm (from 6 cm side), 4 equal cubes of
side 1 cm(from 4 cm side).

1. How many cubes having red, green and black colours on at least one side of the cube will be
formed ?
(a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 4

2. How many small cubes will be formed ?

(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 24

3. How many cubes will have 4 coloured sides and two non-coloured sides ?
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 10

4. How many cubes will have green colour on two sides and rest of the four sides having no
colour ?
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 4

5. How many cubes will remain if the cubes having black and green coloured are removed ?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16

Directions(Q.6-Q.9): The following questions are based on the information given below:
1. There is a cuboid whose dimensions are 4 x 3 x 3 cm.
2. The opposite faces of dimensions 4 x 3 are coloured yellow.
3. The opposite faces of other dimensions 4 x 3 are coloured red.
4. The opposite faces of dimensions 3 x 3 are coloured green.
5. Now the cuboid is cut into small cubes of side 1 cm.

6. How many small cubes will have only two faces coloured ?
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 12

7. How many small cubes have three faces coloured ?

(a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 8

8. How many small cubes will have no face coloured ?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8

9. How many small cubes will have only one face coloured ?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 18

Directions(Q.10-Q.13): The following questions are based on the information given below:
1. A cuboid shaped wooden block has 4 cm length, 3 cm breadth and 5 cm height.
2. Two sides measuring 5 cm x 4 cm are coloured in red.
3. Two faces measuring 4 cm x 3 cm are coloured in blue.
4. Two faces measuring 5 cm x 3 cm are coloured in green.

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5. Now the block is divided into small cubes of side 1 cm each.

10. How many small cubes will have will have three faces coloured ?
(a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12

11. How many small cubes will have only one face coloured ?
(a) 12 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) 16

12. How many small cubes will have no faces coloured ?

(a) None (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

13. How many small cubes will have two faces coloured with red and green colours ?
(a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 20

Directions(Q.14-Q.17): The following questions are based on the information given below:
1. All the faces of cubes are painted with red colour.
2. The cubes is cut into 64 equal small cubes.

14. How many small cubes have only one face coloured ?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

15. How many small cubes have no faces coloured ?

(a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 0

16. How many small cubes are there whose three faces are coloured ?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

17. How many small cubes are there whose two adjacent faces are coloured red ?
(a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

Directions(Q.18-Q.22): The following questions are based on the information given below:
All the opposite faces of a big cube are coloured with red, black and green colours. After that
is cut into 64 small equal cubes.

18. How many small cubes are there where one face is green and other one is either black or red
?
(a) 28 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

19. How many small cubes are there whose no faces are coloured ?
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

20. How many small cubes are there whose 3 faces are coloured ?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

21. How many small cubes are there whose only one face is coloured ?
(a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

22. How many small cubes are there whose at the most two faces are coloured ?
(a) 48 (b) 56 (c) 28 (d) 24

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Directions(Q.23 and Q.24): All the faces of a cube are painted with blue colour. Then it is
cut into 125 small equal cubes.

23. How many small cubes will be formed having only one face coloured ?
(a) 54 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

24. How many small cubes will be formed having no face coloured ?
(a) 27 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

Directions(Q.25-Q.28): All the six faces of a cube of a cube are coloured with six different
colours - black, brown, green, red, white and blue.
1. Red face is opposite to the black face.
2. Green face is between red and black faces.
3. Blue face is adjacent to white face.
4. Brown face is adjacent to blue face.
5. Red face is in the bottom.

25. The upper face is _________

(a) White (b) Black (c) Brown (d) None of these

26. The face opposite to brown is _________

(a) Blue (b) White (c) Green (d) Red

27. Which of the following is adjacent to green ?

(a) Black, white, brown, red (b) Blue, black, red, white
(c) Red, black, blue, white (d) None of these

28. Which face is opposite to green ?

(a) Red (b) White (c) Blue (d) Brown

Directions(Q.29-Q.33): There are 128 cubes with me which are coloured according to two
schemes viz.
1. 64 cubes each having two red adjacent faces and one yellow and other blue on their
opposite faces while green on the rest.
2. 64 cubes each having two adjacent blue faces and one red and other green on their
opposite faces, while red on the rest. They are then mixed up.

29. How many cubes have at least two coloured red faces each ?
(a) 0 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) 128

30. What is the total number of red faces ?

(a) 0 (b) 64 (c) 320 (d) 128

31. How many cubes have two adjacent blue faces each ?
(a) 64 (b) 32 (c) 0 (d) 128

32. How many cubes have only one red face each ?
(a) 128 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) None

33. Which two colours have the same number of faces ?

(a) Red and Yellow (b) Blue and Green
(c) Red and Green (d) Red and Blue
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Directions(Q.34-Q.): A cube is cut in two equal parts along a plane parallel to one of its faces.
One piece is then coloured red on the two larger faces and green on the remaining, while the
other is coloured green on two smaller adjacent faces and red on the remaining. Each is then
cut into 32 cubes of same size and mixed up.

34. How many cubes have only one coloured face each ?
(a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 0

35. What is the number of cubes with at least one green face each ?
(a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 38 (d) 48

36. How many cubes have two red and one green face on each ?
(a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 4

37. How many cubes have no coloured face at all ?

(a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) None

38. How many cubes have each one red and another green ?
(a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24

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Answer Key and Explanations
1. (d)

Such cubes are related to the corners of the cuboid. Since the number of corners of the cuboid is 4.
Hence, the number of such small cubes is 4.
2. (d)

Number of small cubes = l x b x h = 6 x 4 x 1 = 24

3. (b)

Only 4 cubes situated at the corners of the cuboid will have 4 coloured and 2 non-coloured sides.
4. (c)

There are 16 small cubes attached to the outer walls of the cuboid.
Therefore remaining inner small cubes will be the cubes having two sides green coloured.
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So the required number = 24 - 16 = 8
5. (d)

Number of small cubes which are Black and Green is 8 in all.

Hence, the number of remaining cubes are = 24 - 8 = 16
6. (c)

Number of small cubes having only two faces coloured = 6 from the front + 6 from the back + 2 from the
left + 2 from the right
= 16
7. (d)

Such cubes are related to the corners of the cuboid and there are 8 corners.
Hence, the required number is 8.
8. (b)

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Number of small cubes have no face coloured = (4 - 2) x (3 - 2) = 2 x 1 = 2
9. (a)

Number of small cubes having only one face coloured = 2 x 2 + 2 x 2 + 2 x 1

=4+4+2
= 10
10. (b)

Such cubes are related to the corners of the cuboid and in the cuboid there are 8 corners.
Hence, the required number of small cubes is 8.
11. (c)

2 from the front + 2 from the back + 3 from the left + 3 from the right + 6 from the top + 6 from the bottom =
22
12. (d)

Required number of small cubes = (5 - 2) x (4 - 2) x (3 - 2)

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=3x2x1
=6
13. (a)

Required number of small cubes = 6 from the top and 6 from the bottom = 12
14. (d)

Number of small cubes having only one face coloured = (x - 2)2 x No. of faces
= (4 - 2)2 x 6
= 24
15. (b)

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Number of small cubes having only one faces coloured = (x - 2)3
Here, x = side of big cube / side of small cube
x = 4 /1
x=4
Required number = (4 -2)3
=8
16. (b)

Number of small cubes having three faces coloured = No. of corners = 8

17. (d)

Number of small cubes having two adjacent faces coloured red = (x - 2) x No. of edges
= (4 - 2) x 12
= 24
18. (c)

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Number of small cubes having one face green and the other one is either red or black = 8 x 2 = 16
19. (c)

Number of small cubes having no face coloured = (x - 2)3

= (4 - 2)3
=8
20. (b)

Number of small cubes having three faces coloured = 1 at each corner

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=1x8
=8
21. (d)

Number of small cubes having only one face coloured = 4 from each face
=4x6
= 24
22. (b)

Number of small cubes having two faces coloured = 8 + 8 + 4 + 4 = 24

and Number of small cubes having only one face coloured = 4 x 6 = 24
and Number of small cubes having no face coloured = 4 + 4 = 8
Therefore, total number of small cubes whose at the most two faces are coloured = 24 + 24 + 8 = 56.
23. (a)

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No. of small cubes having only one face coloured = (5 - 2)2 x 6

=9x6
= 54
24. (a)

No. of small cubes having no face coloured = (x - 2)3

= (5 - 2)3
= 27
25. (b)

26. (b)

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27. (a)

28. (c)

29. (d)
64 and 64 cubes of both types of cubes are such who have at least two coloured faces red each.
Therefore, total number of the required cubes is 128.
30. (c) No. of red faces among first 64 cubes = 128
No. of red faces among second 64 cubes = 192
Therefore, total number of red faces = 128 + 192 = 320
31. (a) Second 64 cubes are such each of whose two faces are blue.
32. (d) Out of 128 cubes no cube have only one face is red
33. (b) First 64 cubes are such each of whose two faces are green and second 64 cubes are such each of
whose two faces are blue.
Therefore, green and blue colours have the same number of faces.
34. (c)

8 from (I) and 8 from (II)

Therefore 8 from each.
35. (c)
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24 from (I) and 14 from (II)

36. (d)

None from (I) and 4 from (II)

37. (d)

There is no such cube in all, where all the faces are unclosured.
38. (d)

16 from (I) and 8 from (II)

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