Brain teaser: Divide a cake for 8 with only 3 cuts. Can you do it?
If you can figure this out, you’re a genius. Divide a round cake into eight equal pieces with only three cuts.
Brain teasers challenge your mind and make you think differently. They often require you to look at a problem from new angles, testing your creativity and problem-solving skills. Here’s a brain teaser posted on Threads by @ellis_puzzles which challenges your skills.
This brain teaser challenges you to think outside the box and find a solution in an unexpected way.
Are you ready to challenge your thinking and come up with a solution? Let’s find out if you can crack it.
What is the brain teaser all about?
You have a round cake and need to divide it into eight equal pieces. However, you can only make three cuts.
The challenge is to figure out how to cut the cake in a way that all the pieces are equal and you only need three cuts.
“There are 7 people at your birthday party. How can you divide a round cake for 8 people (including you) making only 3 cuts?” the puzzle reads.
This brain teaser sounds easy at first, but when you start thinking about how to do it, it becomes more tricky.
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Take a look at the brain teaser here:
Here's how people reacted to this brain teaser:
This brain teaser has sparked a debate on Threads. Users are commenting and sharing their answers, but everyone seems to have a different approach.
One of the users, nunocastelobranco trying to solve the brain teaser commented, “3 vertical cuts, one radial cut, and then two diameter cuts in 2 opposite directions”.
A second user, illio_ja, commented, “1. Split in half, so you have 2 thinner cake, stack it together and cut it 2 times with + or × shape”.
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Another user, servagi1990 commented, “1 cut from the side through the middle, then 2 cuts from the top. 1 vertical through the middle and 1 horizontal through the middle”.
Were you able to solve it? Whether you cracked it or not, it’s a great exercise in creative thinking. Keep challenging yourself with brain teasers like this.
