Question 1124729
<font color="black" face="times" size="3">Since we're looking for cubes that have more than 2 painted faces, this means we're looking at the 8 corners (4 corners on top, 4 corners on the bottom)
I recommend looking at a 3x3 rubix cube for reference
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/4yw3Pf1.png">
The other cubes have been painted on exactly 2 faces (the edge cubes) or exactly 1 time (the middle-most cubes that are on the outside). The middle-most center cube isn't painted at all.


Each face that is painted is 2 by 2, so the area is 2*2 = 4 square cm. There are 3 of these painted faces for a given corner cube, so 3*4 = 12 square inches is the total so far. There are 8 of these corners giving 8*12 = 96.


Answer: <b><font color=red size=4>96 square centimeters</font></b></font>