A cube painted yellow on all faces is cut into 27 small cubes of equal size How many small cubes got...........

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A cube, painted yellow on all-faces is cut into 27 small cubes of equal size. How many small cubes got no painting?

Assume we have taken out the front 9 cubes. Then the cube looks like the one below.
Now the cube which is in the middle has not got any painting.

The cubes on the Top row, bottom row, left column and right column all got painting on atleast one face.

Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

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