Mathematics GCSE
Cube numbers
What Cube numbers means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cube numbers
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Reference: AQA
A sequence such as 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ... where the nth term is n³.
Topics that use Cube numbers
- Sequences (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Arithmetic progressions
- Coefficient
- coefficient of n²
- Common ratio
- constant second difference
- Fibonacci-type sequence
- First difference
- generate terms
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