Meaning & use

1728

number·Academic

The number equal to twelve cubed, notably the number of cubic inches in one cubic foot.

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Because a cubic foot equals 1728 cubic inches, she multiplied her answer by that figure.

The riddle's final answer, 1728, turned out to be exactly twelve times twelve times twelve.

A note on using this word

Remembering that 1728 equals 12 cubed is useful when converting between cubic feet and cubic inches.

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