Shishir is making a cube of side 6 cm using cubes of sides 2 cm. How many such cubes are needed?
A
216
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B
27
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C
9
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D
36
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Solution
The correct option is C 27 Given a cube of side 2 cm. First for making the length 6 cm, we need 3 cubes of 2 cm each. Similarly, complete the breadth and height of the cube with 3 and 3 cubes repectively of 2 cm. So the total number of cubes needed is 27 to make a cube of side 6 cm.