THE POTATO PUZZLE
Take a circular slice of potato, place it on the table, and see into how large a number of pieces you can divide it with six cuts of a knife. Of course you must not readjust the pieces or pile them after a cut. What is the greatest number of pieces you can make? 
The illustration shows how to make sixteen pieces. This can, of course, be easily beaten.
The illustration shows how to make sixteen pieces. This can, of course, be easily beaten.
Topics:
Geometry
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Plane Geometry
Algebra
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Sequences
Combinatorics
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Combinatorial Geometry
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Cut a Shape / Dissection Problems
- Amusements in Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney Question 164
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