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Paper 2 · Q12a · 1 mark · Volume of Cube and Cuboid

Question

Lilian had nine identical wooden cuboids. The volume of each cuboid is 648 cm^3. She glued these nine cuboids to form a cube. Find the length of the cube.
Answer: 18 cm

Worked solution

  1. Total volume of the cube $= 9 \times 648 = 5832\text{ cm}^3$. The length of the cube $= \sqrt[3]{5832} = 18$ cm.

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