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Ashutosh,

I am going to look at a block measuring 4 units by 3 units by 3 units with base 3 units by 3 units. Again paint the outside other than the base red. How many of the unit cubes have exactly one face painted red?

I then looked for unit blocks that had exactly two faces painted red and over painted thee faces orange.

Finally I looked for unit cubes that had exactly three faces painted red and I over painted these faces green.

So I get

13 unit blocks with red paint on them,
16 unit blocks with orange paint on them,
4 unit blocks with green paint on them, and
3 unit blocks with no paint on them.

For a total of 3 × 3 × 4 = 36 blocks.

Can you do something similar foe your block?

Penny

Ashutosh,

Count the number of blocks on the exposed faces that aren't on a side or top edge.

Stephen.