SOLUTION: 12,000 sugar cubes stacked together makes what size cube?

Question 330689: 12,000 sugar cubes stacked together makes what size cube?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, solver91311:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a side of a sugar cube =
Then the volume of a sugar cube =
The volume of sugar cubes =
This isn't a cube, since is not a perfect
cube.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You cannot make a cube stacking exactly 12,000 cubes. In order for a number of cubes to be stacked together to form a larger cube, you would have to start with a number of smaller cubes such that the number is a perfect cube, such as:

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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