SOLUTION: My little sister is in 4th grade and she needs to find the length of a side of a cube from its volume. She is too young to understand cube roots. How can she do it so it is simpl

Question 429226: My little sister is in 4th grade and she needs to find the length of a side of a cube from its volume. She is too young to understand cube roots. How can she do it so it is simple?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

for example: If the volume of the cube was 8 cubic units

 Volume(cube) is the: 

what number (for the length of a side) would work?  

Depending on the volume given: 

one could recommend trying different numbers for the length of the side:

 3*3*3 = 9*3 = 27

 4*4*4 = 16*4 = 64 

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