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  1. A 3×3×3 cube is made of 27 unit cubes. If the entire outer surface is painted, how many unit cubes have NO paint on them?

    Answer: 1

    Only the centre cube (completely surrounded by other cubes on all 6 sides) has no painted faces. There is exactly 1 such cube in a 3×3×3 arrangement.

  2. If you cut a Möbius strip in half along its centre line, what do you get?

    Answer: One longer strip with two twists

    Cutting a Möbius strip along its centre line produces one longer strip with two half-twists (a full twist), not two separate strips.

  3. A shadow is cast by a sphere using a point light source. What shape is the shadow?

    Answer: Circle

    A sphere casts a circular shadow because its cross-section from any direction is a circle.

  4. Looking at an isometric drawing (3D view) of steps, you count 3 steps going up from left to right. How many unit cubes make up this shape if each step is 1 cube deep?

    Answer: 6

    Step 1 (bottom): 3 cubes wide × 1 deep = 3. Step 2: 2 cubes. Step 3: 1 cube. Total = 3 + 2 + 1 = 6 cubes.

  5. A piece of paper is folded in half, then in half again. A corner is cut off. How many holes appear when the paper is unfolded?

    Answer: 4

    Folding in half twice creates 4 layers. Cutting a corner goes through all 4 layers, creating 4 holes when unfolded.

  6. A hexagonal prism has how many edges?

    Answer: 18

    A hexagonal prism has 18 edges: 6 on the top hexagon, 6 on the bottom hexagon, and 6 vertical edges connecting them.