Cubes and Cube Roots

𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛:
𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒚 − 𝑹𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒋𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓:
1729 = 1728 + 1 = 123 + 13
1729 = 1000 + 729 = 103 + 93

𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒔: 𝐴 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 3.

𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒:
𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 2 = 23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8
𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 5 = 53 = 5 × 5 × 5 = 125
𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑜 10 Number Cube
1 1
𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑪𝒖𝒃𝒆
𝐴 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 2 8
𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑚 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 3 27
𝑚×𝑚×𝑚 =𝑛 4 64
𝐴 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒, 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 5 125
𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠(𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒) 6 216
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒: 7 343
8 = 2 × 2 × 2 ( 8 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒)
8 512
64 = 4 × 4 × 4 64 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒
=2×2×2×2×2×2 9 729
10 1000
𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠
▪ 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒.
𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒: (−1)3 = −1 × −1 × −1 = −1
(−5)3 = −5 × −5 × −5 = −125

▪ 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛

𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒: (2)3 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8
(6)3 = 6 × 6 × 6 = 216

▪ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑑𝑑

𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒: (1)3 = 1 × 1 × 1 = 1
(3)3 = 3 × 3 × 3 = 27
 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠
𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠.
4 =2×2
(4)3 = 64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = (2)3 × (2)3
15 =3×5
(15)3 = 3375 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 5 = (3)3 × (5)3
𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑖𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒.
𝑁𝐶𝐸𝑅𝑇 𝐸𝑥 7.1 𝑄1 𝑖 :

▪ 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝 1: 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠

▪ 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝 2: 𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 2 216
216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 2 108
2 54
▪ 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 216, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 3 27
𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡 . 3 9
216 = 23 × 33 3 3
1
= (2 × 3)3 = (6)3
∴ 𝟐𝟏𝟔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒃𝒆