==> geometry/tiling/seven.cubes.p <== Consider 7 cubes of equal size arranged as follows. Place 5 cubes so that they form a Swiss cross or a + (plus) (4 cubes on the sides and 1 in the middle). Now place one cube on top of the middle cube and the seventh below the middle cube, to effectively form a 3-dimensional Swiss cross. Can a number of such blocks (of 7 cubes each) be arranged so that they are able to completely fill up a big cube (say 10 times the size of the small cubes)? It is all right if these blocks project out of the big cube, but there should be no holes or gaps.