number sequencing

[Peggysue4]

I'm going crazy here......can't find the missing number in the sequence:
1 - 8 - 27 - ___ - 125 - 216
HELP!

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I'm going crazy here......can't find the missing number in the sequence:
1 - 8 - 27 - ___ - 125 - 216
HELP!

Look at cubes of natural numbers

1[sup:1wdewcse]3[/sup:1wdewcse] = 1
2[sup:1wdewcse]3[/sup:1wdewcse] = 8
3[sup:1wdewcse]3[/sup:1wdewcse] = 27

_ [sup:1wdewcse]3[/sup:1wdewcse] = __

5[sup:1wdewcse]3[/sup:1wdewcse] = 125
6[sup:1wdewcse]3[/sup:1wdewcse] = 216

What do you think it should be?