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A solid four centimetre cube is painted red on all six sides. It is cut into one centimetre cubes. These new cubes will have one red side, two red sides, three red sides or no red sides. How many of each will there be?

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QUIZ Answers

A solid four centimetre cube is painted red on all six sides. It is cut into one centimetre cubes. These new cubes will have one red side, two red sides, three red sides or no red sides. How many of each will there be?

You will have 64 cubes after cutting. 
The corners will all have 3 red sides, so these total 8.
The cubes in the centre of each edge will have 2 red sides, so these total 24.
The centre cubes facing out will all have only 1 red side, so these total 24.
The inside cubes revealed after cutting have no colour at all, and these total 8.