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What is the cube root of 1,296?

Answer

∛1,296 =
6∛6 ≈ 10.9027

Real cube root: the only number whose cube is 1,296.

≈ — rounded to 4 decimal places. 1,296 is not the cube of a rational number, so ∛1,296 is irrational: its decimal expansion never ends and never repeats.

Prime factors
1,296 = (2 × 2 × 2) × 2 × (3 × 3 × 3) × 3 = 2⁴ × 3⁴
Take out of the root
∛1,296 = ∛(2³ × 3³ × 6) = 2 × 3 × ∛6 = 6∛6
Between cubes
10³ = 1,000 < 1,296 < 1,331 = 11³, so 10 < ∛1,296 < 11 and ∛1,296 ≈ 10.9027

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FAQ

What is the cube root of 1,296?

∛1,296 = 6∛6 ≈ 10.9027

How to simplify ∛1,296?

Factor 1,296 into primes: 1,296 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3. Each triple of equal factors is a cube and comes out of the root as one factor; the rest stays under it: ∛1,296 = ∛(2³ × 3³ × 6) = 6∛6.

Is ∛1,296 a rational number?

No: 1,296 is not the cube of a rational number, and the cube root of a fraction p/q in lowest terms is rational only when p and q are both cubes. So ∛1,296 is irrational; its decimal never ends and never repeats: ∛1,296 ≈ 10.9027.