Question

Read the information given below and answer the question that follows.
A large cube is painted on all its six faces. It is then cut into a certain number of smaller identical cubes. It was found that among the smaller cubes, there were eight cubes which didn't have any face painted. How many small cubes have exactly three faces painted?

Options

• 6

• 8

• 27

• None of these

Answer 1

8
Since all the faces are painted, so irrespective of the number of unpainted cubes, there will be 8 cubes having 3 faces painted.