Cubes and Dice Quiz Set 07

From the last two figures, 1, 2, 5 and 6 are ruled out. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's logic: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." So the answer should be 4.

In first two positions of dice one common face containing 5 is same. Therefore the face opposite to the face which contains 2 will be the face with 6.

The odd numbered dice are 1, 3 and 5. Consider this deduction.

1. Dice No.1: Face opposite 3 is 4 because 3 + 4 = 7. So 6 and 4 appear on the sides which means 2 is at the top.
2. Dice No. 3: 6 and 4 are on the sides, so 2 must be at its top.
3. Dice No. 5: The digit 2 should be opposite 5, and 6 should be opposite 1. This reveals 2 and 6, so 4 must be at the top of this dice.

The sum of numbers is 2 + 2 + 4 = 8.

From the first and last figures we can deduce that 1, 3 and 5 cannot be opposite 6. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's logic: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." So 4 is the answer.

Since the sum of digits on opposite faces is 7, faces with odd digits would have even digits opposite them. Hence, the digits at the top of all these dice are odd. Let's deduce them. We have been given that the sum of the digits on each of the opposite faces is 7. To find the odd number at the top, we should prove that two out of the three odd numbers 1, 3 and 5 appear on the sides. Then the third will automatically be on the top.

1. Dice 1: The number opposite 6 is 1, and the number 3 is already visible, so the number at the top is 5.
2. Dice 2: The number opposite 4 is 3, so the number at its top is 1.
3. Dice 3: The number opposite 6 is 1, the number opposite 4 is 3, so the number at the top is 5.
4. Dice 4: By the same logic as above, the number at the top is 1.
5. Dice 5: By the same logic as above, the number at the top is 3.
6. Dice 6: By the same logic as above, the number at the top is 1.

The sum is 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 16.