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This document explains a method for finding the cube of numbers close to powers of 10. It involves placing the number in 3 spaces with the appropriate number of digits based on its distance from the power of 10. The first space gets the base plus or minus 3 times the distance. The second space is the distance times the new distance. The third space is the cube of the original distance. Examples are provided to demonstrate finding the cubes of 998, 10004, and other numbers.

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Geometry

This document explains a method for finding the cube of numbers close to powers of 10. It involves placing the number in 3 spaces with the appropriate number of digits based on its distance from the power of 10. The first space gets the base plus or minus 3 times the distance. The second space is the distance times the new distance. The third space is the cube of the original distance. Examples are provided to demonstrate finding the cubes of 998, 10004, and other numbers.

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CUBING

Finding the cubes of numbers close to the powers of 10. e.g., cubes of 998, 1004, 100012, 10007, 996, 9988, etc. Some of the numbers are in
surplus and others are in deficit. Explain the method as given below.
Find (10004)3
Step (I) : Base is 10000. Provide three spaces in the answer.The base contains 4 zeros. Hence, the second and third space must contain
exactly 4 digits.
1 0 0 0 4 = / /
Step (II) : The surplus is (+4). If surplus is written as 'a', perform the operation '3a' and add to the base 10000 to get 10012. Put this in the
1st space.

1 0 0 0 4 = 1 0 0 1 2 //
Step (III) : The new surplus is (+12). Multiply the new surplus by the old surplus, i.e. (+4)(+12) = (+48). According to the rule written in the
step (I), 48 is written as 0048.
1 0 0 0 4 = 1 0 0 1 2 / 0 0 4 8 /
Step (IV) : The last space will be filled by the cube of the old surplus (+4). Therefore, 43 = 64, which is written as 0064.
10004=10012/0048/0064
Therefore, the answer is 1001200480064.
Find (998)3
Step (I) : Base = 1000. Hence, exactly 3 digits must be there in the 2nd and 3rd space.The deficit = (+2)
9 9 8 = //
Step (II) : Multiply the deficit by 3 and subtract (because this is the case of deficit) from the base.
9 9 8 = 9 9 4 //
Step (III) : (old deficit) x (new deficit) = 2 x 6 = 12
9 9 8 = 9 9 4 / 0 1 2 /
Step (IV) : The cube of the old deficit = 8. Since it is the case of deficit, -8 should be written. All that you need to do to write the negative
number in the third space is to find the complement of the number, in this case 8. But since the third space must have exactly 3 digits, the
complement of 008 must be calculated. The complement of 008 is 992. Don't forget to reduce the last digit of the second space number by 1
998=994/012/992
-1

994/011/992
Therefore, the answer is 994011992
As an exercise, try the following :
999943 = 9 9 9 8 2 / 0 0 1 0 8 / 0 0 2 1 6 = 99982/00107/99784
100053 = 1 0 0 1 5 / 0 0 7 5 / 0 1 2 5 = 10015/0075/0125
1000253 = 1 0 0 0 7 5 / 0 1 8 7 5 / 1 5 6 2 5 = 100075/01875/15625
99999883 = 9 9 9 9 9 6 4 / 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 / 0 0 0 1 7 2 8
= 9999964/0000431/9998272

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