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Problem 9 (2020 AMC 8)

AMC 8Easy

From module Geometry Basics

Problem

Akash's birthday cake is in the form of a 4×4×44\times4\times4 inch cube. The cake has icing on the top and the four side faces, and no icing on the bottom. Suppose the cake is cut into 6464 smaller cubes, each measuring 1×1×11\times1\times1 inch, as shown below. How many of the small pieces will have icing on exactly two sides? [See figure in original PDF]

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