A 8" cube is painted in all its faces and then it is cut down into 1" blocks. How many 1" blocks
are there even without a single face being painted?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers.
A) 120 B) 144 C) 180 D) 256 E) 324
The unpainted blocks are the interior blocks.   These blocks form a 6" cube on the inside.   The number of unpainted blocks is  6*6*6= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 6*6*6</gadget>
<output>216</output>
216 blocks.   The answer is 256.
<result>D</result>
A 8" cube is painted in all its faces and then it is cut down into 1" blocks. How many 1" blocks
are there even without a single face being painted?