CHAPTER 8 Dice & Cubes
CHAPTER 8 Dice & Cubes
CHAPTER 8 Dice & Cubes
A dice is a three-dimensional figure with 6 surfaces. It may be in the form of a cube or a cuboid. After observing these
figures, we have to find the opposite side of the dice.
5. DICE PROBLEM
ANSWER KEY
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 5(a) 3
5(b) 1 5(c) 3 6 2 7 3 8 4
9 4 10 3 11 3 12 2 13 3
14 2 15 4 16 3 17 2 18 3
19 4 20 B 21 A 22 C 23 D
24 C 25 A
CUBES
1) A cube, painted yellow on all faces is cut into 27 small cubes of equal size. How many small cubes are painted
on one face only?
a) 1 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12
2) All surfaces of a cube are coloured. If a number of smaller cubes are taken out from it, each side ¼ the size of
the original cube’s side, indicate the number of cubes with only one side painted.
a) 60 b) 32 c) 24 d) 16
3) Directions: A cube is painted blue on all faces and is then cut into 125 cubes of equal size. Answer the
following questions based on this statement.
4) A cube of white material is painted black on all its surfaces. If it is cut into 125 smaller cubes of the same size,
then how many cubes will have two sides painted black?
a) 8 b) 16 c) 22 d) None of these
5) A cube painted yellow on all faces is cut into 27 small cubes of equal sizes. Answer the questions that follow:
6) Directions : A cube is coloured red on all faces. It is cut into 64 smaller cubes of equal size. Now, answer the
following questions based on this statement :
6.2) How many cubes are there which have only one face coloured?
a) 4 b) 8 c) 16 d) 24
7.5) How many cubes have three painted with different colours?
a) 0 b) 4 c) 8 d) 12
7.6) How many cubes have two faces painted red and black and all other faces unpainted?
a) 4 b) 8 c) 16 d) 32
7.7) How many cubes have only one face painted red and all other faces unpainted?
a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 16
7.9) How many cubes have one face painted blue and one face painted red? (the other faces may be painted or
unpainted)
a) 32 b) 16 c) 10 d) 8
8) Directions : A cube of side 10 cm is coloured red with a 2 cm wide green strip along all the sides on all the
faces. The cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size. Answer the following questions based on this
statement:
8.2) How many cubes have one face red and an adjacent face green?
a) 0 b) 6 c) 8 d) 16
8.4) How many cubes have at least two green faces each?
a) 8 b) 27 c) 44 d) 63
9) Directions : A cube is painted red on two adjacent faces, yellow on the two faces opposite to the red faces and
green on the remaining faces. It is then cut into 64 smaller cubes of equal size. Answer the following questions
based on this information:
9.1) How many cubes are painted on all faces?
a) 16 b) 8 c) 4 d) 0
9.2) How many cubes are there which have no face painted?
a) 24 b) 16 c) 8 d) 4
9.3) How many cubes are painted yellow on one face only?
a) 4 b) 8 c) 16 d) 32
9.5) How many cubes have one face green and one of the adjacent faces red or yellow?
a) 24 b) 20 c) 16 d) 12
9.6) How many cubes are painted on two faces only and with the same colour?
a) 16 b) 8 c) 4 d) 0
10. Directions : A cube is coloured red on one face, green on the opposite face, yellow on another face and blue on
a face adjacent to the yellow face. The other two faces are left uncloured. It is then cut into 125 smaller cubes
of equal size.
10.3) How many cubes are coloured red on one face and have the remaining faces uncoloured?
a) 16 b) 12 c) 20 d) 8
10.5) How many cubes are coloured blue on one face, red or green on another face and have four uncoloured faces?
a) 4 b) 8 c) 12 d) 16
ANSWER KEY
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
1 B 2 C 3.1 C 3.2 D 4 D
5.1 B 5.2 A 6.1 C 6.2 D 6.3 A
6.4 C 7.1 C 7.2 C 7.3 D 7.4 D
7.5 C 7.6 B 7.7 B 7.8 D 7.9 B
7.10 A 8.1 C 8.2 A 8.3 C 8.4 C
8.5 B 9.1 D 9.2 C 9.3 B 9.4 C
9.5 A 9.6 C 10.1 B 10.2 B 10.3 A
10.4 C 10.5 B