Understanding Cubes and Cube Roots

Finding the volume of a cube

Finding the area of a square

Finding the circumference of a circle

Finding the perimeter of a triangle

4

3

1

2

Squaring

Square rooting

Cube rooting

Multiplying

5

4

2

3

You get a negative number

You get zero

You get the original number back

You get a different number

2

3

4

5

Because negative 4 cubed equals zero

Because negative 4 cubed equals negative 64

Because negative 4 cubed equals 128

Because negative 4 cubed equals positive 64

100

-100

1000

-1000

100

1000

-1000

-100

They are always zero

They can be both positive and negative

They are always negative

They are always positive