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= Cubing 1- or 2-Digit Numbers = Cubing a number is the raising of the number to the third power. In other words, the cube of a number is when you multiply a number times itself twice more (X * X * X). This method of cubing numbers is rather unusual, as there is no calculation required at all. Instead, the cubes of all the numbers from 0-99 are memorized. == Cubing Numbers from 0 to 9 == Cubing both 0 and 1 are simple. They are their own cubes (0^3^ is 0 and 1^3^ is 1), so no links are really needed. 2^3^ is 8, and that's easily remembered, as well. Before remembering any more of the numbers, you should be comfortable with using the MajorSystem. The phonetic alphabet from the Major System will be used to create links from the numbers 3-99 to their respective cubes. Each association will be made to be as natural and memorable as possible. Starting with the numbers from 0 to 9, here are the cubes and their links:[[BR]] [[BR]] | Number | Number^3^ | | Original Link | Cube Link | | 3 | 27 | | Ham | An Egg | | 4 | 64 | | Rye | Sherry | | 5 | 125 | | Lie | Denial | | 6 | 216 | | Hash | On A Dish | | 7 | 343 | | Key | My Room | | 8 | 512 | | Hive | Wild Honey | | 9 | 729 | | Bee | Go Nip | == Cubing Multiples of 10 == Cubing 2-digit multiples of 10 is easy. The number from the tens place is cubed as above, and then you simply add three zeros. For example, 3^3^ is 27, so 30^3^ is 27,000 (27 thousand). 8^3^ is 512, so 80^3^ is 512,000 (512 thousand). == Cubing the Remaining 2-Digit Numbers == Here are the links for the remaining numbers from 11 to 99:[[BR]] [[BR]] | Number | Number^3^ | | Original Link | Cube Link | | | Number | Number^3^ | | Original Link | Cube Link | | 11 | 1,331 | | Date | With My Maid | | | 56 | 175,616 | | Lash | Tackle Judge | | 12 | 1,728 | | Dine | Take Enough | | | 57 | 185,193 | | Look | To Evil Witty Poem | | 13 | 2,197 | | Item | Notebook | | | 58 | 195,112 | | Loaf | Doubled Weight Now | | 14 | 2,744 | | Author | Ink Hirer | | | 59 | 205,379 | | Slap | When I Sell My Cup | | 15 | 3,375 | | Tell | Me Meekly | | | 61 | 226,981 | | Shoot | An Inch By a Foot | | 16 | 4,096 | | Dish | Rose Bush | | | 62 | 238,328 | | Jane | Name Of New Wife | | 17 | 4,913 | | Talk | Ripe Theme | | | 63 | 250,047 | | Chime | Only Uses a Rock | | 18 | 5,832 | | Theif | Love Money | | | 64 | 262,144 | | Chair | No China Drawer | | 19 | 6,859 | | Daub | Shave Lip | | | 65 | 274,625 | | Shallow | Niagra Channel | | 21 | 9,261 | | Hand | Punched | | | 66 | 287,496 | | Judge | No Fake Rubbish | | 22 | 10,648 | | Nun | Does Show Her Vow | | | 67 | 300,763 | | Joke | Amuse a Sick Chum | | 23 | 12,167 | | Name | Dandy Joke | | | 68 | 314,432 | | Shave | May Draw Your Moan | | 24 | 13,824 | | New Year | Time, Fine Rye | | | 69 | 328,509 | | Shop | Woman Feels Happy | | 25 | 15,625 | | Nile | Dull Channel | | | 71 | 357,911 | | Goat | Milk By Today | | 26 | 17,576 | | Wench | Took All Cash | | | 72 | 373,248 | | Coin | Make Men Rave | | 27 | 19,683 | | Nag | To Buy Each Wife a Home | | | 73 | 389,017 | | Come | Move Up a Stake | | 28 | 21,952 | | Knave | Neat Plan | | | 74 | 405,224 | | Choir | Rose Hill Nunnery | | 29 | 24,389 | | Nob | No Army Fop | | | 75 | 421,875 | | Quill | Worn Out Of Gall | | 31 | 29,791 | | Mad | In a Big Pout | | | 76 | 438,976 | | Coach | Remove Baggage | | 32 | 32,768 | | Money | May Now Catch a Foe | | | 77 | 456,533 | | Cook | Relish Oily Mummy | | 33 | 35,937 | | My Home | Home Will Be a Mohawk | | | 78 | 474,552 | | Cuff | Our Cruel Line | | 34 | 39,304 | | Mary | May Be a Miser | | | 79 | 493,039 | | Cop | Rip a Museum Up | | 35 | 42,875 | | Mule | Ruin a Vehicle | | | 81 | 531,441 | | Food | Well Made Arrow Root | | 36 | 46,656 | | Mash | Rich Jewel Show | | | 82 | 551,368 | | Fine | Loyalty May Shave | | 37 | 50,653 | | Mug | Lose Rich Home | | | 83 | 571,787 | | Foam | Liquid Coughing | | 38 | 54,872 | | Move | Lower a Heavy Can | | | 84 | 592,704 | | Fire | Albany Gas Ray | | 39 | 59,319 | | My Pay | Help Me To Buy | | | 85 | 614,125 | | Fall | Shatter Town Hall | | 41 | 68,921 | | Road | Chief Point | | | 86 | 636,056 | | Fish | Shame a Choice Leach | | 42 | 74,088 | | Run | Across a Five | | | 87 | 658,503 | | Fake | Shall a Fool Swim | | 43 | 79,507 | | Rum | Keep Losing | | | 88 | 681,472 | | Five | Shaved a Raccoon | | 44 | 85,184 | | Rower | Awful Diver | | | 89 | 704,969 | | Fop | Kiss Our Bishop | | 45 | 91,125 | | Rail | Bad Tunnel | | | 91 | 753,571 | | Butt | Gloomy Lookout | | 46 | 97,336 | | Rich | Big Mummy Show | | | 92 | 778,688 | | Pony | Kick a Fish Off a Hive | | 47 | 103,823 | | Rake | Hits My Wife Numb | | | 93 | 804,357 | | Poem | Of Sour Milk | | 48 | 110,592 | | Rough | Too, Head Sea Will Open | | | 94 | 830,584 | | Bar | Famous Loafer | | 49 | 117,649 | | Rube | To Take a Chair Up | | | 95 | 857,375 | | Pill | Vile Chemical | | 51 | 132,651 | | Lad | To Man Child | | | 96 | 884,736 | | Page | Favoring a Mash | | 52 | 140,608 | | Lion | Dares Chase Foe | | | 97 | 912,673 | | Pack | Beaten Each Game | | 53 | 148,877 | | Lamb | Drove Off Cook | | | 98 | 941,192 | | Puff | Part To Bin | | 54 | 157,464 | | Liar | Idol Crusher | | | 99 | 970,299 | | Pup | Big As a Nabob | | 55 | 166,375 | | Lily | Dutch Show My Equal | | | | | | | | == Other Resources == CubeRoots[[BR]] FifthRoots == Etymology of the Table == It is an interesting diversion to compare the word links in the table above to those presented in a 1910 book on magic, [http://stepanov.lk.net/mnemo/mgtr.html Mnemonics as Applied to Conjuring]. The somewhat outdated entries in the table above (what's a mash, or a nabob??) are also present in the 1910 book, but it is apparent that someone has updated a few of the above entries from the older list. As an example, the 1910 book has "Tackle a Schottische" for the cube of 56 (or 175,616), while the table above has "Tackle Judge," no doubt because so few know of the Scottish dance form. But a soft "dg" represents a single digit 6 in the MajorSystem, not a separate d and g representing 16, so in fact the newer entry is incorrect. A few other updates have been made, e.g., "liquid coughing" for "liquid quaffing." "Gloomy Outlook" is now paired with "Butt" rather than "Piety," perhaps an indication of a decline in modern sensitivities. A more ambitious and very recent attempt to modernize and streamline this table (including the baffling "Albany Gas Ray" entry), and one that also adds the squares of the numbers, can be found in the paper [http://www.myreckonings.com/Dead_Reckoning/Online/Materials/Mnemonics_for_Squares_and_Cubes.pdf Mnemonics for Squares and Cubes of Two-Digit Numbers]. == Rubik's Cube == [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik's_Cube WikiPedia:Rubik'sCube] Fastest Rubik's Cube solver in the world [http://alienlovespredator.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=97 Rubik's Cube] ''What does Rubik's Cube have to do with cubing numbers? Please show a connection, move elsewhere, or delete.''

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