CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS

 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠.

 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠.

 𝐴 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝐴 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙
𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠.

 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛.
 𝐼𝑓 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 1,4,5, 6 𝑜𝑟 9 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑠
𝑖. 𝑒. 1, 4, 6, 6, 𝑜𝑟 9.
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 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 2 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 8.
 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 8 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 2.
 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 3 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 7.
 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 7 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 3.
 𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 0 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 0
 𝐶𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒.

𝑝 𝑝 3 𝑝3
 𝐼𝑓 𝑞 ≠ 0 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 =
𝑞 𝑞 𝑞3
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 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓
3
𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑛.
 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒.
3 3
 (−𝑎)3 = − 𝑎3
3 3 3
 𝑎𝑏 = 𝑎× 𝑏

3
3 𝑎 𝑎
 = 3
𝑏 𝑏