Question

What is a perfect cube and how can you check if a given number is a perfect cube? Explain why.

Answer 1

A perfect cube is a number that is the result of multiplying a whole number by itself three times. Check a number by finding the cube root. If the cube root is a whole number, then the number is a perfect cube.

Answer 2

a perfect cube is a whole number which is the cube of another whole number. In order to check whether a number is a perfect cube or not, we find its prime factors and group together triplets of the prime factors. If no factor is left out then the number is a perfect cube.