Cubes

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Cubes: Overview

This topic explores the formulae of finding the volume and surface area of a cube. In addition to this, it gives some solved examples to understand the methods of finding them. Moreover, it covers some statement based and examples to explore more deeply.

Important Questions on Cubes

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The sheet of paper shown in the figure given on the top, is folded to form a box. Choose from amongst the alternatives (A), (B), (C) and (D), the boxes that are similar to the box that will be formed.

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A cube is made by folding the given sheet. In the cube so formed, what would be the letter on the face opposite the face showing the letter 'A'? 
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Select the boxes that can be formed by folding the given sheet along the lines.

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Answer the following question on the basis of the given information.

A wooden cube of 8 inches is painted in a fixed pattern:

a. The two opposite faces in front and back are painted in purple colour.

b. The two opposite faces on the sides are painted in orange colour.

c. The remaining top and bottom are painted in green colour.

The cube is cut into smaller cubes of 2 inches.

How many painted cubes are there which does not have all the three colours together?

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Answer the following question on the basis of the given information.

A wooden cube of8  inches is painted in a fixed pattern:

a. The two opposite faces in front and back are painted in purple colour.

b. The two opposite faces on the sides are painted in orange colour.

c. The remaining top and bottom are painted in green colour.

The cube is cut into smaller cubes of2  inches.

How many cubes have only two faces painted?

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Answer the following question on the basis of the given information.

A wooden cube of 8 inches is painted in a fixed pattern:

a. The two opposite faces in front and back are painted in purple colour.

b. The two opposite faces on the sides are painted in orange colour.

c. The remaining top and bottom are painted in green colour.

The cube is cut into smaller cubes of 2 inches.

How many cubes have at least one face painted with purple ?

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Answer the following question on the basis of the given information.

A wooden cube of  8 inches is painted in a fixed pattern:

a. The two opposite faces in front and back are painted in purple colour.

b. The two opposite faces on the sides are painted in orange colour.

c. The remaining top and bottom are painted in green colour.

The cube is cut into smaller cubes of 2  inches.

How many cubes are there with three faces painted? 

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Answer the following question on the basis of the given information.

A wooden cube of 8 inches is painted in a fixed pattern:

a. The two opposite faces in front and back are painted in purple colour.

b. The two opposite faces on the sides are painted in orange colour.

c. The remaining top and bottom are painted in green colour.

The cube is cut into smaller cubes of2  inches.

How many cubes are there which have no face painted?

 

 

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A cuboid of dimension 3×4×1 is painted golden on all of its surfaces. Then it is cut into smaller cubes of dimension 1×1×1. How many cubes at least have three color sides?

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A cube of side 5 cm is painted pink on any of its 3 adjacent surfaces then the cube is cut into smaller cubes of dimensions 1×1×1. How many cubes will have 3 pink color sides?

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A cube of side 8 cm is painted purple on all of its surfaces. Then the cube is cut into smaller cubes of dimension 2×2×2.

How many cubes will have three sides painted?

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A cube having 4 cm side is painted Red, black, golden on three of its adjacent surfaces. After that the cube is divided into smaller cubes such that the edge of the smaller cube is 1 cm each.

How many such smaller cubes will be there in which none of the surface is painted.

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Which number appears in the face opposite to the face with number 2?

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A cube having 6 cm side is painted black from all its surfaces. After that the cube is divided into smaller cubes such that the edge of the smaller cube is 1 cm each.

How many such smaller cubes will be there in which none of the surface is painted.

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A cube of 4 sm side each is painted half red and half black such that upper half is red and below half is black. Then the cube divided into smaller cubes such that each small cube has dimension 1×1×1. So how many such smaller cubes will be there which has one red and black side each?

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A larger Cube of side 4 cm is cut into smaller cubes such that the side of each smaller cubes is 1cm. If all the cubes from the corner are removed then, how many smaller cubes are remaining?

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Two positions of a dice are shown below. When there are five dots at the top, how many dots will be at the bottom?

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Which number will appear on the bottom face in the last cube?

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Three different positions of the same dice is shown. Find the letter on the face opposite to the one having the letter A.

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Three different positions of the same dice is shown. Find the number on the face opposite to the one having the number 1.

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