Solution:
Given, a cube of side 5 cm painted on all its faces and it is sliced into 1 cubic centimeter cubes.Draw a cube with side 5 cm and it is sliced into 1 cubic centimeter cubes.
Total number of faces = 6.
Total number of smaller cubes = 9
= 54
Therefore, the total number of cubes of 1 cubic cm which have one face painted = 54.
Hence, the correct option is 3.