FIITJEE Cube & Dice

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CUBE
Directions for Question 1 – 5: Select the alternative from the given choices.

1. What is the maximum possible number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 5 cuts?
(A) 18 (B) 6
(C) 25 (D) 5

2. What is the maximum possible number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into the 6 cuts?
(A) 37 (B) 36
(C) 42 (D) 27

3. What is the maximum possible number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 17 cuts?
(A) 250 (B) 160
(C) 270 (D) 294

4. How many cubes of dimension 1cm  1cm  1cm are required to cover a cube of dimensions
7 cm  7 cm  7cm completely?
(A) 169 (B) 294
(C) 386 (D) 488

5. 125 smaller cubes of dimensions 1cm  1cm  1 cm are stacked together to form a larger cube,
and then the cube is cut along two diagonals. How many of the smaller cubes are cut into
smaller pieces?
(A) 10 (B) 25
(C) 45 (D) 50

Directions for Questions 6 to 10: These question are based on the following information:
A cube is painted in such a way that a pair of adjacent faces is painted in green; a pair of opposite
faces is painted in yellow and another pair of adjacent faces is painted in red. This cube is now cut
into 125 small but identical cubes.

6. How many small cubes have exactly two faces painted in green?
(A) 10 (B) 7
(C) 5 (D) 8

7. How many small cubes have at least two different colours on their faces?
(A) 30 (B) 38
(C) 36 (D) 42

8. How many of the small cubes have exactly one colour on them?
(A) 60 (B) 45
(C) 54 (D) 15

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9. How many of the small cubes do not have green colour but have yellow or red colours on
them?
(A) 40 (B) 75
(C) 80 (D) 53

10. How many small cube have exactly two painted faces and have exactly two colour on them?
(A) 36 (B) 30
(C) 24 (D) 34

Direction for Question 11 to 12: Select the alternative from the given choices.
11. What is the least possible number of cuts required to cut a cube into 34 identical pieces?
(A) 33 (B) 18
(C) 17 (D) 34

12. What is the least possible number of cuts required to cut a cube into 150 identical pieces?
(A) 27 (B) 13
(C) 16 (D) 34
Direction for Questions 13 to 17: These questions are based on the following data.
A cube is painted such that one of its faces is painted in black, one face is painted in white and one
face painted in red. The other three faces are left unpainted. The cube is now cut into 729 small and
Identical cubes.
13. What is the maximum possible number of small cubes that have all the three colours on
them?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 5
14. What is the minimum possible number of small cubes that have only black and white colours
on them?
(A) 1 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 0

15. What is the minimum possible number of small cubes that have only red colour on them?
(A) 72 (B) 81
(C) 63 (D) 80

16. How many small cubes have white colour on them?

(A) 75 (B) 85
(C) 72 (D) 81
17. What is the minimum possible number of small cube that have no colour on them?
(A) 343 (B) 512
(C) 504 (D) 269
Directions for Questions 18 to 20: These questions are based on the following information.
A cube is to be painted in Green, Red and Blue colours.
18. In how many different ways can the cube be painted with one face painted in red, two faces
in green and three faces in blue?
(A) 5 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) 3
19. In how many different ways can the cube be painted with two sides in red, two sides in blue
and two sides in green?
(A) 1 (B) 4
(C) 2 (D) 5
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20. In how many different ways can the cube be painted with one face in red, one face in blue,
and four faces in green?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 8 (D) 6

DICE
Directions (Question 1 - 5): The figure (x) given on the left hand side, in each problem, is folded to
form a box. Choose from amongst the alternatives (a) (b) (c) (d), the boxes that are similar to the
box formed.

1.
2

5 1

6 3

3 1 2 3

1 5 4 4
6 3 6 1

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (a) and (c) only (B) (b), (c) and (d) only
(C) (b) and (d) only (D) (c) and (d) only

3.

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 (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (a) and (b) only (B) (b) and (c) only
(C) (a) and (d) only (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)

4.
F

A E

C D

F F E D

E D C A
B E B E

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (a) only (B) (b) only

(C) (a) and (c) only (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)

5. If the total number of dots on opposite faces of a cubical block is always 7, find the figure
which is correct

(a) (b) (c) (d)

6.

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 2 3 4

3 5 3
1 1 2

(i) (ii) (iii)

What would be the number opposite 3?

(A) 1 (B) 6
(C) 5 (D) 4

7.

How many dots lie opposite 2 dots?

(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 5 (D) 6

8. Two positions of a dice are shown below. If 1 is at the bottom, which number will be on the
top?

(i) (ii)

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5

9. In a dice a, b, c and d are written on the adjacent faces, in a clockwise order and e and f at
the top and bottom. When c is at the top, what will be at the bottom?

d
a

(A) a (B) b
(C) c (D) e

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10. Two position of a dice are shown. When 4 is at the bottom, what number will be on the top?

1 1

2 6
3 5

(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 6

ANSWERS:
CUBE
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. C

5. C 6. C 7. B 8. A

9. D 10. B 11. C 12. B

13. A 14. D 15. C 16. D

17. C 18. D 19. D 20. B

DICE

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B

5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B

9. A 10. A

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