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344 Cubes and Dices

2. diCes

Candidate may face a dice (a cube or cuboid) in various positions. Our job is to find out the number opposite a given
number on the dice.

In the above direction we have given the name from left to right (in anti –clock wise direction). Following examples will
clear our concepts.
Example 1: Two different positions of the same dice are given below. Find the number on the face opposite the face
showing 3?

2 3

3 1 4 5

(i) (ii)

Solution: We shall first find the number which occurs most often in the given figures. Clearly from the first and second
figure we find that the adjacent numbers of 3 be 1, 2, 4 and 5. So the number which face number 3 be 6.

4

5 3 2

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