Year 6 Square and Cube Numbers Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 6 factors, multiples & primes worksheet.
Year 6 Square and Cube Numbers Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
A square number is a number times itself; a cube number is a number times itself three times.
1.32 = (answer space)
Answer: 9
- 3 × 3 = 9
2.√64 = (answer space)
Answer: 8
- 8 × 8 = 64
3.15 is a square number.
Answer: False
32 = 9 and 42 = 16, so 15 is not a square number.
4.63 = (answer space)
Answer: 216
- 6 × 6 × 6 = 216
5.The cube root of 1 is (answer space).
Answer: 1
- 1 × 1 × 1 = 1
6.44 is a cube number.
Answer: False
44 is not a whole number cubed.
7.√146 lies between the whole numbers (answer space) and (answer space).
Answer: 12, 13
- 122 = 144 and 132 = 169
- 144 < 146 < 169
8.102 + 32 = (answer space)
Answer: 109
- 100 + 9 = 109
9.152 = (answer space)
Answer: 225
- 15 × 15 = 225
10.√169 = (answer space)
Answer: 13
- 13 × 13 = 169
11.147 is a square number.
Answer: False
122 = 144 and 132 = 169, so 147 is not a square number.
12.103 = (answer space)
Answer: 1000
- 10 × 10 × 10 = 1000
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