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Problem:

1. A cube is made from 64 identical small cubes.
2. The cube is painted on all its faces with blue paint.
3. The large cube is then cut into smaller cubes of equal size.
4. How many of the small cubes have:
- (a) Three faces painted?
- (b) Two faces painted?
- (c) One face painted?
- (d) No faces painted?

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Let’s solve this step-by-step.

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Step 1: Understand the structure

We are told that a large cube is made up of 64 identical small cubes.

Since the volume of a cube is $ n^3 $, we find $ n $ such that:

$$
n^3 = 64 \Rightarrow n = \sqrt[3]{64} = 4
$$

So, the large cube is a 4×4×4 cube, meaning it has 4 layers in each dimension (length, width, height).

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Step 2: Visualize the painting

The entire outer surface of the large cube is painted blue. Then it is cut into 64 small cubes (each 1×1×1). We need to count how many small cubes have:

- (a) Three faces painted
- (b) Two faces painted
- (c) One face painted
- (d) No faces painted

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(a) Small cubes with three faces painted

These are the corner cubes of the large cube.

A cube has 8 corners.

Each corner cube will have 3 faces exposed (and thus painted).

✔ So, 8 cubes have three faces painted.

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(b) Small cubes with two faces painted

These are on the edges of the cube, but not at the corners.

Each edge of the cube has 4 small cubes. The two at the ends are corners (already counted), so the number of edge cubes with exactly two faces painted per edge is:

$$
4 - 2 = 2
$$

There are 12 edges on a cube.

So total:

$$
12 \times 2 = 24
$$

✔ So, 24 cubes have two faces painted.

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(c) Small cubes with one face painted

These are on the faces of the cube, but not on the edges.

Each face is a 4×4 grid of small cubes.

- Total small cubes per face: $ 4 \times 4 = 16 $
- Edge cubes on a face: The outermost layer (perimeter).
- Inner cubes (not on edge): $ (4 - 2) \times (4 - 2) = 2 \times 2 = 4 $

Each face has 4 small cubes with only one face painted.

There are 6 faces.

So total:

$$
6 \times 4 = 24
$$

✔ So, 24 cubes have one face painted.

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(d) Small cubes with no faces painted

These are the interior cubes, completely inside, not touching any outer face.

We remove one layer from each side.

So, inner cube dimensions: $ (4 - 2) \times (4 - 2) \times (4 - 2) = 2 \times 2 \times 2 = 8 $

✔ So, 8 cubes have no faces painted.

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Final Answer:

| Painted Faces | Number of Small Cubes |
|---------------|------------------------|
| (a) 3 | 8 |
| (b) 2 | 24 |
| (c) 1 | 24 |
| (d) 0 | 8 |

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Verification:

Total cubes:
$ 8 + 24 + 24 + 8 = 64 $ ✔

Matches the total number of small cubes.

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Summary:

- (a) 8 cubes have 3 faces painted.
- (b) 24 cubes have 2 faces painted.
- (c) 24 cubes have 1 face painted.
- (d) 8 cubes have no faces painted.

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