LearnFun Comics#42
Dicey Dragon
Roll with the truth, not tricks!
Starring Momo
Cubes and cube roots · Class 8
Cubes and cube roots · Class 8
Dicey Dragon: Cubes and cube roots comic
Dice City
Momo: Dice stack up. Sixes, fives, fours. No worries here!
Baron Blunder: Oh, six! You’ll love my new trick!
Momo: Sixes? And this trick? What’s going on?
Cubes and roots
Cube is number times three.
2×2×2 equals 8.
3×3×3 equals 27.
Momo: So, two times two times two is eight? And cube root of eight is two?
Baron Blunder: Six twice is thirty-six. But I say it’s twelve!
Momo: Cube root of 27 is three: three times three times three.
Cube root 64 is 4.
Cube root of 125 = 5
Momo’s trick
Cube root: cube side.
Cube volume 125? Side 5.
Because 5 × 5 × 5 = 125
Momo: Think of a cube. Find the number that times itself three times equals the volume. That’s the side!
Your turn, hero!
Baron Blunder♥♥♥
A cube has a volume of 125 cm³. What is the length of one edge?
5 cm. 5 × 5 × 5 = 125.
Baron Blunder: Cubes? No! That’s so basic! You’ll love my new game!
Cube root of 125?
5. 5 × 5 × 5 = 125.
The final battle
Baron Blunder♥♥♥
If a cube's volume is 343 cm³, what is its side length? Hint: 7 × 7 = 49.
7. 7 × 7 × 7 = 343.
Baron Blunder: You’ll count the sixes wrong! My trick* will win!
Momo: Count the dice! Six! Six! Six!
Sixes counted. The trick is up!
The End?
Villain card won! Answer again in a few days and it turns gold.
Remember
- A cube is times times times.
- Cube root finds the side of a cube.
- Like cube root of 27 is 3.
But what’s a cube? A mystery unwrapped!
A comic book about Cubes and cube roots. Follow Momo, learn the idea, and answer three questions to beat Baron Blunder.