Filling Cubes

Students explore the relationship between the edge length and the volume of a cube and develop an efficient method for determining an unknown edge length from a known volume.

By Desmos Classroom

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Understand that the cube root of `a` ( or `\sqrt[3]{a}`) means the side length of a cube whose volume is `a` cubic units. • Approximate the value of a cube root (e.g., by determining the two integer values it lies between or by drawing a cube). Materials • Blank paper