Madison P.

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Cutting a four inch cube into one inch cubes

You are cutting a four inch cube of chocolate wrapped in foil into one inch cubes. How many cubes are there? How many strokes of the knife will there be? How many cubes will have foil on three sides? Two sides? One side? No sides?
 

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Gene C. answered • 11/01/15

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48 cubes.
8 with foil on 3 sides
8 with foil on 2 sides
16 with foil on 1 side
16 no sides
 
6 cuts
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Norbert J. M.

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Recheck the cube quantities for foil on 2, 1 and no sides.  Interior cube 
with no foil measures 2x2x2=8 cubes no foil.  9 cuts are required.
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Gene C.

64 cubes
8 with foil on 3 sides
16 with foil on 2 sides
24 with foil on 1 side 
16 with foil on no sides
 
I still see 6 cuts
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Norbert J. M.

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3 cuts in each of the 3 axes (3x3=9cuts). Search, see identical question solution answered Oct14/David W, Martinsburg, WV, (and others).

carl has a 4 inch cube wrapped in foil. he wants to cut it into 1 inch cubes. how many strokes of the knife will he make? how many 1 inch cubes will he have? ho
Don't know where to start :(
Oct 14 | Ali from Worcester, MA | 2 Answers | 0 Votes
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