CUBES
1. A bigger cube of 3 inch side is formed by keeping together smaller cubes of 1 inch side. All the
faces of this bigger cube is painted red. When the bigger cube is divided into original smaller
cubes, then how many smaller cubes have two faces painted?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 0
2. All the faces of a cube having side 5 cm are painted green and then it is divided into smaller
cubes of 1 cm side. How many smaller cubes have three faces painted with green?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 24
3. Six faces of a cube are painted as below:
(i) Red opposite to black
(ii) Green in-between red and black
(iii) Blue adjacent to white
(iv) Brown adjacent to blue
(v) Bottom face with red
Find the colour opposite to brown.
A. White B. Red C. Green D. Blue
4. A painted cube having 25 cm side is divided into smaller cube of 5 cm side. How many smaller
cubes have at least two faces painted?
A. 40 B. 44 C. 48 D. 50
5. A solid cube is divided into 27 smaller cubes of equal volume. If two opposite faces of this bigger
cube are painted with different colours and remaining faces are left unpainted, then how many
smaller cubes are obtained which have no faces painted?
A. 1 B. 9 C. 27 D. 36
6. A solid cube is formed with 27 smaller cubes. One pair of opposite faces of this cube is painted
red, another pair is painted yellow and the third pair of opposite faces is painted white. How
many smaller cubes are painted yellow and white only?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16
7. Pair of opposite faces of a solid cube having sides 3 cm are painted black, blue and yellow
respectively. After the painting this cube is divided into smaller cubes of side 1 cm. How many
smaller cubes have only one face painted?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12
8. A solid cube is formed with 27 smaller cubes. One pair of opposite faces of this cube is painted
red, another pair is painted yellow and the third pair of opposite faces is painted white. How
many smaller cubes have two faces painted?
A. 8 B. 12 C. 16 D. 24
Directions (Qs. 9 to 12): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below:
A cube is coloured red on all of its faces. It is then cut into 64 smaller cubes of equal size. The
smaller cubes so obtained are now separated.
9. How many smaller cubes have no face coloured?
A. 24 B. 16 C. 8 D. 10
10. How many smaller cubes will have at least two surfaces painted with red colour?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 32 D. 24
11. How many smaller cubes have two surfaces painted with red colour?
A. 24 B. 8 C. 12 D. 20
12. How many smaller cubes have only 3 surfaces painted with red colour?
A. 0 B. 12 C. 24 D. 8
Directions (Qs. 13 to 18): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below:
A cube is painted red on two adjacent surfaces and black on the surfaces opposite to red
surfaces and green on the remaining faces. Now, the cube is cut into 64 smaller cubes of equal
size.
13. How many smaller cubes have only one surface painted?
A. 8 B. 16 C. 24 D. 32
14. How many smaller cubes will have no surface painted?
A. 0 B. 16 C. 24 D. 32
15. How many smaller cubes have less than three surfaces painted?
A. 8 B. 24 C. 28 D. 48
16. How many smaller cubes with two surfaces painted have one face green and one of the adjacent
faces black or red?
A. 8 B. 16 C. 24 D. 28
17. How many smaller cubes have at least one surface painted with green colour?
A. 8 B. 24 C. 32 D. 56
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18. How many smaller cubes have three surfaces painted?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 24
Directions (Qs. 19 to 23): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below:
The outer border of width 1 cm of a cube with side 5 cm is painted yellow on each side and the
remaining space enclosed by this 1 cm path is painted pink. This cube is now cut into 125 smaller
cubes of each side 1 cm. The smaller cubes so obtained are now separated.
19. How many smaller cubes have all the surfaces uncoloured?
A. 0 B. 9 C. 18 D. 27
20. How many smaller cubes have three surfaces coloured yellow?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. 10
21. How many smaller cubes have at least two surfaces coloured yellow?
A. 24 B. 44 C. 48 D. 96
22. How many smaller cubes have one face coloured pink and an adjacent face yellow?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4
23. How many smaller cubes have at least one face coloured?
A. 27 B. 98 C. 48 D. 121