You make a cube that is made of 10 x 10 x 10 smaller cubes which sums up to a total of 1000 smaller cubes.
Now, if someone takes one layer of cubes, how many will remain?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers.
A) 357
B) 834
C) 500
D) 512
E) 216
D   512   The cube that remains will be 8 x 8 x 8. This will make a total of 512. This is because, when a layer is taken, it will be taken from all sides of the cube which will reduce the dimension be two and not one.
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You make a cube that is made of 10 x 10 x 10 smaller cubes which sums up to a total of 1000 smaller cubes.
Now, if someone takes one layer of cubes, how many will remain?