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Math Puzzles of the Month: December 2007
Painting Cubes

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CubesStart with a set of wooden building blocks in the shape of cubes. Then take two jars of paint, red and blue. Paint the blocks so that each face is a solid color, either red or blue. How many different patterns of surface colors will you have?

 

 

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