1 a) Fit8multilinkcubestogethertomakealargercube.
b) Isitpossibletofit9multilinkcubestogethertomake
alargercube?
Explainyouranswer.
2 Filipmakesacubeusingsomesmallercubes.
a) Howmanycubesmakeupthiscube?
b) Howdidyouworkoutthenumberofcubes?
c) Thisnumberisanexampleofacubenumber.
Whydoyouthinkitisacubenumber?
3 a) Completethetableofcubenumbers.
23 2×2×2 8
33 3×3×3
43 4×4×4
b) Whatwouldthenextcubenumberinthetablebe?
4 Completethestatements.
Usethecubestohelpyou.
a) 53= b) 103=
5cubed= 10cubed=
5×5×5= 10×10×10=
5 a) Whichcalculationisthesameas63?
6×3 6+6+6 6×6×6
b) Kimhasworkedout63usingthismethod.
63 = (6 × 6) × 6
= 36 × 6
= 216
IsKim’smethodcorrect?
Howdoyouknow?
Cubenumbers
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630 6
30 × 6 = 180 6 × 6 = 36180 + 36 = 216
c) Matchthecubenumberstothecalculations.
Onehasbeendoneforyou.
43 4×2
53 9×3
23 16×4
33 25×5
6 Calculate73
7 13 is 1, and
33 is 9
WhatmistakehasDoramade?
Whymightshehavemadethismistake?
8 Scott’sageisacubenumber.
Hissisteris2yearsyoungerthanhim.
Herageisasquarenumber.
In3years,Scott’sagewillbeamultipleof10
HowoldisScott?
Cubenumbers
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4 Completethestatements.
Usethecubestohelpyou.
a) 53= b) 103=
5cubed= 10cubed=
5×5×5= 10×10×10=
5 a) Whichcalculationisthesameas63?
6×3 6+6+6 6×6×6
b) Kimhasworkedout63usingthismethod.
63 = (6 × 6) × 6
= 36 × 6
= 216
IsKim’smethodcorrect?
Howdoyouknow?
630 6
30 × 6 = 180 6 × 6 = 36180 + 36 = 216