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CUBES AND CUBE ROOTS MCQs

Total Questions : 57 | Page 5 of 6 pages
Question 41.


The volume of a closed cubical tank is 1331 cubic metres. Find the cost of painting its complete surface area from outside at the rate of  10 per square meter.


  1.     7260
  2.     7240
  3.     7000
  4.     7280
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 7260
:
A

Let the side of the given cubical tank be 'a' metres .


Volume of the given cube is a×a×a


By prime factorization, we get cube root of 1331 as 11 


Surface area of each side of a cube is a×a


Total surface area of the cube is 6×a×a


 Cost incurred is then 10×6×11×11 = ₹ 7260


Question 42.


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 43.


If the value of (a3b3a3+b3)  when a = 7 and b = 2 is 335p, then p is 321.


  1.     True
  2.     False
  3.     441
  4.     788
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B

a3- b3 = (ab)( a2+ab+ b2)


a3+ b3 =(a+b)( a2-ab+ b2)


Puting the values of a and b, we get the value of p as 351.
Alternatively, we can observe that since a and b are positive, so denominator has to be greater than numerator. Thus, 
a3+ b3 will be greater than a3b3


Question 44.


The units digit in the expansion of 163 is


___
 
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:

The units digit of the cube of any number with 6 in its unit's place is always 6. Alternatively, we can see that 6 when multiplied with itself three times yields 216, whose last digit is 6. 


Question 45.


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 46.


The difference of cubes of two consecutive numbers is always divisible by 3.


  1.     True
  2.     False
  3.     441
  4.     788
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B

Take two numbers, for example, 2 and 1 and check.


The difference of cubes of 2 and 1 is 7, which is not divisible by 3.


Question 47.


m3 m2 . To satisfy this condition, m can be


  1.     a positive integer
  2.     any number between 0 and 1
  3.     a negative integer
  4.     4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> a positive integer
:
A and D
The cube of a positive number is positive but the cube of a negative number is negative.
e.g: 23>22and (2)3<(2)2
The cube of any number between 0 and 1 is less than its square. Any number greater than 1 will have its cube greater than its square.
e.g 0.23<0.22
as 0.23=0.008 0.22=0.04
 
Question 48.


What is the units digit of the cube of the number whose unit digit is 7?


  1.     3
  2.     5
  3.     4
  4.     2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 3
:
A

The units digit of the cube of 7 i.e.343 is 3.
Thus, the units digit of the cube of the number whose unit digit is 7 will be 3.


Question 49.


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 50.


With what number should 1715 be divided to get a perfect cube?


  1.     1
  2.     7
  3.     5
  4.     Already a perfect cube
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 5
:
C

For a number to be a perfect cube, its prime factors should be expressed as triplets
By prime factorization, we get 1715 = 7×7×7×5


We have three 7’s but only one 5 so we need to divide the number by 5.


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