PQOTD 3/13/09

If a cube has a volume of 64, the perimeter of one face of the cube is:
A: 8                 B: 32              C: 4              D: 16               E: 24

 

This is about as easy as SAT math questions will get! The volume of a cube is equal to the length x the width, x the height, or, because the sides of a cube are all the same length, it would be determined by cubing one of the sides. If you’re given the volume of a cube, then you know that the length of each side is the cube root of that volume. The cube root of 64 is 4. One face of a cube is, of course, a square. A square of side 4 has a perimeter of 16. The answer is (D).

 

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