One die is drawn below in two different ways. Find the number opposite 6.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 2
Both pictures show 1 and 4, which are neighbours. Only two faces of a cube touch both of two neighbouring faces: the two faces at the ends of the edge they share, and these two are opposite each other.
In picture (i) the third face, next to both 1 and 4, is 6
In picture (ii) the third face, next to both 1 and 4, is 2
So 6 and 2 are opposite
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (2) 1 — Incorrect. 1 is seen next to 6 in picture (i), so it touches 6 and cannot be opposite it.
Option (3) 4 — Incorrect. 4 is seen next to 6 in picture (i), so it touches 6 and cannot be opposite it.
Option (4) 3 — Incorrect. The face opposite 6 is 2, and a face has only one opposite, so 3 is one of the four faces round 6.