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18 is 2*3*3 so the lowest perfect cube containing it would be 2*2*2*3*3*3 = 216 meaning you have to multiply it by 2*2*3 = 12.
A perfect cube must have each of its factors repeated 3 times. It could also be written as (2*3)^3=6^3.