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Cube numbers.

Recognise a cube as three equal factors and use cubed notation.

Numihana · England Year 5

Cube numbers

Practice sheet

Name: ______________
Date: ______________

Recognise a cube as three equal factors and use cubed notation.

1

2³ =

Answer: ________________
2

4³ =

Answer: ________________
3

10³ =

Answer: ________________
4

6³ =

Answer: ________________
5

8³ =

Answer: ________________
6

9³ =

Answer: ________________
Numihana · England Year 5 · Cube numbers
Numihana · England Year 5

Cube numbers

Answer key

Name: ______________
Date: ______________

Recognise a cube as three equal factors and use cubed notation.

1

2³ =

Answer: 8
2

4³ =

Answer: 64
3

10³ =

Answer: 1000
4

6³ =

Answer: 216
5

8³ =

Answer: 512
6

9³ =

Answer: 729
Numihana · England Year 5 · Cube numbers

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Recognise a cube as three equal factors and use cubed notation.

Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗

Year 5 → Number → Multiplication and division · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.

For teachers and parents

A square uses two copies of a number multiplied together, and a cube uses three. Connect this with a square array or layers of equal cubes.

A common slip

The exponent tells how many equal factors to multiply; it does not mean multiply the number by the exponent.

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Worked example

9³ =

Answer: 729

A square uses two copies of a number multiplied together, and a cube uses three. Connect this with a square array or layers of equal cubes.