cube counting question (Crack PAT test2)

[lttadpole]

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Hey guys,

I wanna ask about whether there's a rule for cube counting that all cubes or stacks of cubes must be connected face to face? Is it possible that there's a cube that's connected to a stack of cubes by just touching with the base one's pointy corner? Does the whole figure must be continuously connected, by each cube connecting to one another at least by one face?

I'm having this question because I did Crack DAT PAT test 2, and questions #64-66 (Fig. B) are confusing me. It seems that cubes cannot be connected by just touching each other’s corner?

 

[oral09]

Hey guys,

I wanna ask about whether there's a rule for cube counting that all cubes or stacks of cubes must be connected face to face? Is it possible that there's a cube that's connected to a stack of cubes by just touching with the base one's pointy corner? Does the whole figure must be continuously connected, by each cube connecting to one another at least by one face?

I'm having this question because I did Crack DAT PAT test 2, and questions #64-66 (Fig. B) are confusing me. It seems that cubes cannot be connected by just touching each other’s corner?

why dont you post the pic here

 

[lttadpole]

why dont you post the pic here

I'm sorry but I don't know how to post a picture from the software. I tried Printscreen when retrieving that question but I couldn't paste it onto any softwares that I know can do image-editing. Could you or anyone tell me how to do it?

 

[TheGreenWave]

yea i was told by someone on this forum that the cubes must be continuous. so there needs to be more touching than their edges. another rule for cube counting is that cubes can only be "invisible" if they are supporting a visible one.

hope that helps to some extent

 

[DRHOYA]

Rules for cube counting: The only "hidden" cubes are the ones supporting others. There can be no "floating cubes". The cube structure must be continuous. Hope that helps.

 

[lttadpole]

yea i was told by someone on this forum that the cubes must be continuous. so there needs to be more touching than their edges. another rule for cube counting is that cubes can only be "invisible" if they are supporting a visible one.

hope that helps to some extent

Thanks🙂 That makes sense.
Just wanted to make sure if the "continuous" rule is really out there, since I couldn't find it in ADA's DAT Study Guide.

 

[lttadpole]

Rules for cube counting: The only "hidden" cubes are the ones supporting others. There can be no "floating cubes". The cube structure must be continuous. Hope that helps.

Thanks for your input🙂

 

[amalgamgrillz]

Rules for cube counting: The only "hidden" cubes are the ones supporting others. There can be no "floating cubes". The cube structure must be continuous. Hope that helps.

Ok I wrote the canadian DAT last february and i am 100% sure I had a floating cube..like there was nothing under it, it was just supported by the edges of 2 cubes to its right and left..so does the bottom of the 'floating cube' get painted?

 

[Hugh Mannity]

I am almost positive on my DAT I had some that were not continuous (not touching sides, just corners), but it was very obvious how it was laid out. Don't worry about illusions, the DAT has none of them. There are some tricky layouts, but it doesn't make you guess on the layout. I found the cubes on DAT to be 100 times easier than Crack's.