Question: what is the difference between cubed and squared?
Answer: The cube of a number is that number times itself times itself. 5 cubed, denoted 53, is equal to 5×5×5, or 125. 2 cubed is 23 = 2×2×2 = 8. ... Similar to the square, the cube of a number is the volume of the cube with sides equal to that number--this will come in handy in higher levels of math.