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Think of a square with a five inch side. To find the area, you would multiply five by five and get the square of five. The process became known as "squaring five." Adding another dimension, 5 x 5 x 5, and the square becomes a cube. The first use of "cube" as a verb was in 1588.
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Why is the expression 3 to the power of 3 sometmes read as 3 cubed?
Cubed is the term for "to the power of three". 273 is called Twenty-seven cubed....so it's just not just the 33 that is called cubed.
Is 3 to the power of 3 to the power of 3 equal to 319683 or are exponents read right to left so that it is 7625597484987 as I was told by one mathmetician?
3 cubed is 27, 27 cubed is 19683.
What is a number that indicates how many times a number or expression is to be multiplied by itself?
It is called a power. If the power is 2, it is read as "squared and if the power is 3 it is read as "cubed", otherwise is is read as "to the power of ..."
The 3 in 4 power of 3?
In the expression: 4³ = 64, the 3 is called the exponentor the power. You would read this as "four to the power of three" or "four cubed".But if it meant 34 = 81, which is read '3 to the 4th power' or '4th power of 3', then the 3 is called the base.
What power in math is cubed?
3
What is the power of 5 cubed?
3
Why is the expression 3 to the third power sometimes read as 3 cubed?
x3 is read as "x cubed" because it is quite literally as if it were area measuring x in all 3 directions. The area of a 3-inch cube of space, is 3 x 3 x 3 (Length x width x height), or 33 inches.
What is 27 as a power of 3?
Three cubed is 27 as a power of 3 (3^3).
What is the difference between 3 squared and 3 cubed?
3 squared is 3 to the 2nd power, or 3 multiplied by 33 squared=3x3=93 cubed is 3 to the 3rd power or 3 multiplied by 3 multiplied by 33 cubed=3x3x3=27
What is 8 in power of 3?
It is: 8 to the power of 3 or 8 cubed is 512
What is cubed or third power?
cubed is when you times the number by itself 3 times e.g. 3times3times3=27=cubed
Why is 5 to the power 3 read as 5 cubed?
dont question it just leave it alone why does it matter Because a cube has three dimensions.
