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Maths Project : Cubes and Hidden Faces  

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Maths Project : Cubes and Hidden Faces I am finding out if there is a pattern to the ratio of cubes to the number of hidden faces and finding the nth term. With 1 Cube = 1 hidden face With 2 Cubes = 4 hidden faces With 3 Cubes = 7 hidden faces With 4 Cubes = 10 hidden faces With 5 Cubes = 13 hidden faces With 6 Cubes = 16 hidden faces Already I can see a pattern, which is that with each cube, added there are 3 more hidden faces. Now I will try to find the nth term. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 1 4 7 10 13 16 3 3 3 3 3 3X1=3 and I need 1 3X2=6 and I need 4 3X3=9 and I need 7 3X4=12 and I need 10 It looks like that I have to-2 to get the numbers I...

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