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Friday, 21 October 2011

The Cube Painter

Carlos built a large cube with 64 small cubes of the same size. Then he decided to paint with gray five faces of the large cube, as we can see in the picture. How many small cubes are there with three gray faces?

O Carlos construíu um cubo grande a partir de 64 cubos pequenos do mesmo tamanho. Depois, decidiu pintar a cinzento 5 faces do cubo grande, como podemos ver na figura. Quantos cubos pequenos é que ficaram com 3 faces cinzentas?

Adapted by Monte Flor Teacher Rui Lima from Canguru Matemático - Prova Escolar 2010