Question

The following number is a perfect cube or not?

46656

Answer 1

The prime factorisation of 46656 is as follows:

2	46656
2	23328
2	11664
2	5832
2	2916
2	1458
3	729
3	243
3	81
3	27
3	9
3	3
	1

46656 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3

Here, as each prime factor is appearing as many times as a perfect multiple of 3.

Therefore, 46656 is a perfect cube.