A cube is painted on all sides and cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many small cubes have paint on exactly one face? - Answer & Hint

A cube is painted on all sides and cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many small cubes have paint on exactly one face?

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Hint: Visualise the shape and count carefully.

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A 3 by 3 by 3 cube has one centre cube on each painted face with exactly one painted side. There are 6 faces, so there are 6 such cubes.

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