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CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS MCQs

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Question 1. Which of the following could be the cube of 37?
  1.    50653
  2.    50666
  3.    50892
  4.    55018
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 50653
:
A
The cube of an odd number is odd. Soonly 50653 is possible. We can alsocheck the answer bycalculatingthe cube of 37
= 37 × 37 × 37 = 50653.
Question 2. The cube of average of 3 and 7 will also be the average of the of the cubes of 3 and 7.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    The number lies between 0 and 1
  4.    The number lies between 1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
The average of 3 and 7 is 5. The cube of 5 is 125.The cube of 3 and 7 is 27 and 343 respectively. The average of 27 and 343 is 185 which is not the cube of 5.
Question 3. What is the value of  383216 ?
  1.    4
  2.    -8
  3.    -4
  4.    8
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 4
:
A
- 8 = - 2×2×2
38=2
- 216 = 6×6×6
3216=6
So the given expression 383216 becomes - 2 - (- 6) = - 2 + 6
= 4
Question 4. The cube root of 30 lies between 5 and 6.
  1.    True
  2.    False
  3.    4
  4.    5
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
The cube of 3 = 27
The cube of 4 = 64
Since 30 lies between 27 & 64 so its cube root must lie between 3 & 4.
Hence, the given statement is false.
Question 5. The digit in the units place in the cube of 298 is 
  1.    2
  2.    3
  3.    8
  4.    4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2
:
A
The digit in the units place in 298 is 8.
cube of 8 is 512, which ends in 2.
Hence, the digit in the units place in the cube of 298 is 2
Question 6. a3 - b3 is always divisible by:
  1.    a - b
  2.    a × b
  3.    a + b
  4.    2a + b 
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> a - b
:
A
Take a=2 and b=1 and check.
Alternatively, we know the algebraic identity,
a3b3=(ab)(a2+2ab+b2)
Hence , we can see that (ab) is a factor of a3 - b3
Thus,a3 - b3is divisible by (ab)
Question 7. The number of students in class 20 minutes ago was 729 . If the number of students joining the class triples every 10 minutes, what is the cube root of the number of students joining after 40 minutes from now?
  1.    81
  2.    27
  3.    64
  4.    48
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 81
:
A
For every 10 mins passage of time, the number of students joining the class gets tripled i.e. multiplied by 3
The number of students joining after 40 minutes from now on is 729×3×3×3×3×3×3 ( from 20 mins back to 40 mins forward)
The cube root of 729 is 9.
Cube root of given number is 9×3×3=81
Question 8. What is the sum of the cubes of the first 7 natural numbers?
  1.    784
  2.    774
  3.    441
  4.    788
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 784
:
A
Sum of cubes of first n natural numbers is(n(n+1))24
Putting n = 7,
(7(7+1))24
(7×8)24
= 784.
Question 9. What is the minimum number that should be multiplied with 360 in order to make it a perfect cube ?
  1.    75
  2.    70
  3.    65
  4.    80
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 75
:
A
For a number to be a perfect cube, its prime factors should be in the form of triplets i.e. every prime factor should be raised to the power in multiples of 3
Prime factorizing the given number, we get 360=2×2×2×3×3×5
Hence, we can see that the given number must be multiplied by 3×5×5 i.e.75
Question 10. Which of the following is a perfect cube?
  1.    532
  2.    729
  3.    827
  4.    943
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 729
:
B
By prime factorization,we get 729 = 3×3×3×3×3×3=36
So cube root of 729=(729)13=363=32=9
Since, the cube root of 729 is a natural number, 729 is a perfect cube.

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