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Painted Cube Problem, Competition Math, Problem Solving

A cube made of smaller cubes is dipped in paint and broken apart. The number of smaller cubes with 0, 1, 2, or 3 faces painted can be determined based on the size of the original cube. The document asks to determine the number of smaller cubes in each category for a given size cube and generalize the rule.

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Painted Cube Problem, Competition Math, Problem Solving

A cube made of smaller cubes is dipped in paint and broken apart. The number of smaller cubes with 0, 1, 2, or 3 faces painted can be determined based on the size of the original cube. The document asks to determine the number of smaller cubes in each category for a given size cube and generalize the rule.

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Mrs. Lin
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Painted Cube Problem Given an cube which is made up of unit cubes.

If you dip the big cube in a bucket of yellow paint and then break it into smaller unit cubes, how many unit cubes will you get? How many unit cubes will have 0 face painted? 1 face painted? 2 faces painted? and 3 faces painted? Can you generalize the rule?

Type of cube

How many smaller cubes total?

0 face painted

1 face painted

2 faces painted

3 faces painted

Mrs. Lin

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