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Can you cut a cake into 8 pieces with three movements?
 Yes, indeed. All you need is two vertical and one horizontal cuts  One needs 6 movements to cut a cube into 27 pieces. Can you get this many pieces with fewer cuts? (Solution) |Contact| |Front page| |Contents| |Did you know?| |Store| Copyright © 1996-2012 Alexander BogomolnyCan you cut a cube into 27 smaller cubes with fewer than 6 cuts? (The assumption being that one could not restack the pieces cut off previously but has - at all times - to preserve their combined cube shape.) No, you can't because the center cube has 6 faces. You cannot obtain two of those with a single cut. |Contact| |Front page| |Contents| |Did you know?| |Store| Copyright © 1996-2012 Alexander Bogomolny |
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