Delta-K,  Teaching Ideas,  Volume 35, Issue 1

Cube Coloring Problem

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 35 Issue 1, February 1998

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Cube Coloring Problem

Linda Dickerson-Frilot

Investigate what happens when differently sized cubes are constructed from unit cubes, the surface areas are painted and the large cubes are taken apart. How many of the 1 x I x 1 unit cubes are painted on three faces, two faces, one face, no faces?