Question

All the 6 sides of a cube are colored. Now this cube is broken into smaller cubes, with each side ${\frac{1}{4}}^{th}$ the size of the side of the larger cube. How many of the smaller cubes will have all three sides colored?

• A. 4
• B. 8
• C. 16
• D. cannot be determined

Answer 1

The correct option is B

8

The number of smaller cubes with 3 sides coloured will be 8 (the 8 corner cubes).