You have a birthday cake and have exactly 3 cuts to cut it into 8 equal pieces. How do you do it?

The answer: stack the pieces

The “correct” answer is to cut the cake in quarters (4 pieces) using 2 of the cuts – one horizontally down the center of the cake and the other vertically down the center of the cake. This will leave you with 4 pieces (or slices) of cake. Then, you can take all 4 pieces and arrange them in a stack that is 4 pieces high. Finally, you can just cut that stack of 4 pieces in half – using your third and final cut – and then you will end up with 8 pieces of cake!

You might think of this as sort of a trick question, since moving the pieces is something “out of the box” – but somebody asking this question is probably looking for that kind of out of the box thinking.

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