Cut off one third of the cube. Lay that piece horizontally on top of the remaining piece, and cut through both.
You now have four pieces, a 1x1x3, a 1x2x3, and two 1x3x3's. Lay them flat on the table and arrange them to form a 1x3x9 grid. Cut 1/3rd off lengthwise.
Now set the one 1x1x1 block aside and arrange the rest to form a 2x13 grid, and cut that in half lengthwise.
Then, spin all blocks 90 degrees and arrange them into a transposed 13x2 grid, making the final lengthwise cut.
6 if you keep the cube togheter after every cut.
ReplyDeleteIf after the first cut you consider each part a seperate one you'll need 26 cuts
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ReplyDeleteFive cuts.
ReplyDeleteCut off one third of the cube. Lay that piece horizontally on top of the remaining piece, and cut through both.
You now have four pieces, a 1x1x3, a 1x2x3, and two 1x3x3's. Lay them flat on the table and arrange them to form a 1x3x9 grid. Cut 1/3rd off lengthwise.
Now set the one 1x1x1 block aside and arrange the rest to form a 2x13 grid, and cut that in half lengthwise.
Then, spin all blocks 90 degrees and arrange them into a transposed 13x2 grid, making the final lengthwise cut.
Just 4 cuts
ReplyDeletetwo cuts laterally and two cuts horozontally keeping it all together and producing 3x3x3 or...27
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ReplyDelete@ occum then you have 9 stris of 1x1x3
ReplyDeleteWith anything fewer than 6 cuts, how does the center cube (which as a fresh cut for every surface) get cut free?
ReplyDeleteOnly 4 Cuts required.
ReplyDelete2 on one side and other 2 on it's perpendicular side, keeping cubes together till final cut..