Kyle Colley

Grant Gibson

POW
Rubix Cube Write Up
Problem Statement
On a 5cm x 5cm x 5cm Rubix cube, find the number of 1cm x 1cm x 1cm
cubes that have 1 face painted, 2 faces painted, and 3 faces painted. Then apply
the same problem on an N x N x N cube.
Process/Solution
Initially we started by just visualizing a 5cm x 5cm rubix cube and
attempting to find all the cubes with three faces. As we were counting, we noticed
that the cubes with three faces were all corner pieces. After finding that there
were eight corner pieces, we proceeded to write down the fact that there were
only eight 1cm x 1cm pieces that had three faces to them. Our next process was to
find how many pieces had two faces. Again, we went with the same method as just
counting the pieces. We also found later while counting pieces that the pieces with
two faces were all edge pieces. We then counted how many pieces were on one edge
(not counting the corner pieces), and found that there were three edge pieces in
one edge. We took that number and multiplied it by twelve to account for the
number of edges, and this gave us the number of pieces with two faces. And finally,
we proceeded to find how many 1cm x 1cm cubes had only one painted face. After
finding the number of one-faced pieces on one face of the rubix cube to be nine,
we multiplied that number by six to get the amount of 1cm x 1cm cubes with one
face painted. We multiplied the amount by the number six because there are six
faces on a cube.
Altogether, there are eight 1cm x 1cm pieces with three faces painted,
thirty six 1cm x 1cm cubes that have two faces painted, and fifty four 1cm x 1cm
pieces with only one face painted.

New Problem
On a 10cm x 10cm x 10cm Rubix cube, find the number of 1cm x 1cm x 1cm
cubes that have 1 face painted, 2 faces painted, 3 faces painted and four faces.
Then apply the same problem on an 30cm x 30cm x 30cm cube. try and figure out if
there are any equations that you can use to figure out the number of faces painted
for any sized cube.

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