Problem
1989 AJHSME Problem 20
The figure may be folded along the lines shown to form a number cube. Three number faces come together at each corner of the cube. What is the largest sum of three numbers whose faces come together at a corner?
![[asy] draw((0,0)--(0,1)--(1,1)--(1,2)--(2,2)--(2,1)--(4,1)--(4,0)--(2,0)--(2,-1)--(1,-1)--(1,0)--cycle); draw((1,0)--(1,1)--(2,1)--(2,0)--cycle); draw((3,1)--(3,0)); label("$1$",(1.5,1.25),N); label("$2$",(1.5,.25),N); label("$3$",(1.5,-.75),N); label("$4$",(2.5,.25),N); label("$5$",(3.5,.25),N); label("$6$",(.5,.25),N); [/asy]](/static/aops/a9d2852b04663db7cd9afc83d7f7065db8ceb539.png)
\text{(A)}\ 11 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 12 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 13 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 14 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 15
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