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Well let's see. . .
Step 1. cut the pie in half.
Step 2. place one half on top of the other half.
Step 3. make a second cut to both halves at the same time leghtwise.
Step 4. make a third cut perpendicular to the last cut.
you end up with 8 pieces and you only made 3 cuts.
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Just cut it 4 times
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou can use paper but don't put it on the pie.
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What is the largest number of pieces you could cut a pie into with three straight cuts of a knife?
Eight. Use the first two cuts to cut the pie into four pieces, then use the third cut to slice the top from the bottom, doubling the number of pieces to 8.
What is the largest number of pieces you could cut a pie into with 6 straight cuts?
As no constraints on the shape or regularity of the resulting pieces are made, making a three by tree line grid on the pie surface would result in 16 separate pieces. Cutting the pie into regular wedges with 6 straight cuts passing through the center would result in 12 pieces.
A pie can be cut into more than seven pieces by making four diameter cuts?
Four diameter cuts, if none of them are the same, will always cut a pie into 8 pieces.
How can you cut a pie into 8 pieces with 3 straight cuts with out moving the slices?
cut an "X" on the top of the cake,like you normally would,then cut the cake straight the the middle of the cake if you wer looking at it so its horizantal,and you're like on your knees.....so your basically cutting 4 pieces in a 2 layer cake
What is the largest number of pieces you could cut a pie into with 4 straight cuts of a knife?
This depends on whether the pie is thick or not - if you mean 4 cuts from the top downwards, then you can get nine, if you cut it right. Imagine a clock face. cut 1 - from 1:00 to 5:00 cut 2 - from 11:00 to 7:00 cut 3 - from 10:00 to 2:00 cut 4 - from 8:00 to 4:00 Alternatively, with a thick pie you could make three top-downwards cuts to give six people and one through the middle of the pie, parallel to the plate, to divide each of those pieces in two - giving a total of 12 pieces. (This works when if you're dealing with 'cake' instead of 'pie'.)
How do you cut a pie evenly into seven pieces?
It is not possible to cut a pie into seven pieces of equal area. Eight pieces and six pieces can both readily be done.
How meany pieces do you cut a pie into if you bisect it?
It is 2 pieces
How many pieces of a pie can you make with 3 cuts?
One to Six
Why is one third greater than one fourth?
When something is cut into equal pieces, (think of a pie), the pieces are larger the fewer pieces there are. If the pie is cut in half, that is an entire HALF of the pie one has to eat. But if the pie is cut into three equal pieces, there are more pieces, but they are smaller. So, one fourth of the pie would be even smaller because you are getting ONE piece of a pie that is cut into FOUR pieces. The bottom number of the fraction is how many equal sized pieces there are, and the top number is how many you are getting.
How can you cut a pizza into 8 pieces with 3 straight cuts?
Well let's see. . . Step 1. cut the pizza in half. Step 2. place one half on top of the other half. Step 3. make a second cut to both halves at the same time leghtwise. Step 4. make a third cut perpendicular to the last cut. you end up with 8 pieces and you only made 3 cuts.
How can you cut a pie into 7 pieces with 3 straight lines?
u cant its impossible there is no way in da world anyone can do that type of thing
Why is 4 tenths not equal to 4 hundredths?
Imagine that you have a pie. If you cut that pie into 10 equal pieces and take four of them, it will be a lot more pie that if you cut the pie into 100 equal pieces and take four of them. If you cut the pie into 10 pieces, each piece is a tenth of the pie. If you cut the pie into one hundred pieces, each piece will be a hundredth of the pie. You can really only tell which fraction is greater when they have the same denominator. 4/10 = 40/100. That's ten times greater than 4/100
