Cubes and Cube Roots
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The number 1729 is known as the Hardy- Ramanujan number that
can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.
1729 = 1728 + 1 = 123 + 13 and 1729 = 1000 + 729 = 103 + 93.
Find out
Question –Give two more numbers which can be expressed as sum of cubes of
two numbers in two different ways.
LEVEL-1
Q1. Fill in the blanks:
𝟓𝟖𝟑𝟐
(i) The cube of 4 2 is
5 𝟏𝟐𝟓
3
(ii) 8 64 is equal to 8.
192
(iii)The value of 3 is 0.8.
375
(iv) The value of 3
343 3 27 is 21.
(v) The smallest number by which 81must be multiplied to get a perfect cube is 9
Q2. Answer the following questions:
(i) What will be the cube of 63? 250047
6 𝟐𝟏𝟔
(ii) Find the cube of .
13 𝟐𝟏𝟗𝟕
(iii) Find the cube of 0.02? 0.000008
3
(iv) What is the value of 312 ? 81
LEVEL-2
Q3. Find the cube root of the following:
(i)
2 474552
2 237276 2 2744
2 118638 2 1372
3 59319 2 686 474552 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 13 x 13
3 19773 7 343 2744 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 7
3 6591 7 49 3
√474552 = 78
13 2197 7 7 3
√2744 = 14
13 169 7 3
√474552 × 2744 = 2 × 3 × 13 × 2 × 7= 1092
13 13
1
(ii)
2 13824 2 27000
2 6912 2 13,500
2 3456 2 6750
2 1728 3 3375
2 864 3 1125
2 432 3 375
2 216 5 125 313824 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 24
2 108 5 25 √ = =
27000 2×3×5 30
2 54 5 5
3 27 1
3 9
3 3
3
(iii)
2 2744 3
3 3375 √2744 × 3375 = 2 × 7 × 3 × 5 = 210
2 1372
2 686 3 1125
7 343 3 375
7 49 5 125
7 7 5 25
5 5
7
1
(iv)
3 9261
2 1000 3 3087
2 500 3 1029
2 250
7 343
5 125
5 25 7 49
5 5 7 7
1 7
31000 2 × 5 10
√ = =
9261 3 × 7 21
Q4. Find the smallest natural number by which 21296 must be divided so that the quotient
becomes a perfect cube. Find the cube root of the number obtained.
Sol: 21296 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 11 × 11 × 11
Therefore 21296 must be divided by 2 to make it a perfect cube.
3
Thus the number is 10648 and √10648 = 22
Q5. Parikshit makes a cuboid of plastic of sides 25 cm 10 cm 8 cm. How many such
cuboids will he need to form a cube?
Sol: Volume of the cuboid is = 25 x 10 x 8 = 2000 𝑐𝑚3
Volume of the required cube = 5x5x5x2x2x2x2x2x2= 8000𝑐𝑚3
8000
Therefore required number of cuboids = 2000 = 4
Q6. Is 68600 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest number by which 68600 must be
multiplied to get a perfect cube.
Sol: 68600 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 7 x 7
Hence 68600 is not a perfect cube. It should be multiplied by 5 to make it a perfect cube.
Q7. Guess the cube root of the following without any actual factorization. (show the steps
used)
(i) 314432:
STEP 1: Form groups of three starting from the rightmost digit of 314432. In this case
one group is 432 and the other group is 314.
STEP 2: Take 432. The digit 2 is at its one’s place. We take the one’s place of the
required cube root as 8.
STEP 3: Take the other group, i.e., 314. Cube of 6 is 216 and cube of 7 is 343. 314 lies
between 216 and 343. The smaller number between 6 and 7 is 6.
Thus at tens place of the cube root we will take 6.
3
Thus √314432= 68
(ii) 857375: 95
(iii) 157464: 54
Q8. The volume of a cubical box is 19683 cm3. Find the length of its side in metres.
Sol: We know that the volume of a cubical box = 𝑙 3
Therefore we have
𝑙 3 = 19683
3
𝑙 = √19683
Thus the side of the cubical box = 27 cm= 0.27 m
