Far, far in the forest there were two little huts, and in each of them lived a man who was a famous hunter, his wife, and three or four children. Now the children were forbidden to play more than a short distance from the door, as it was know... Read more of Ball-carrier And The Bad One at Children Stories.caInformational Site Network Informational
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THE POTATO PUZZLE.





(Various Dissection Puzzles)
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?
[Illustration:
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/ 1/
/ 2 / 3 /
/ / /
/ 4 / 5/ 6 /
| / / / |
7/ 8/ 9/10 /
/ / / /
/11/12/13/
/ / /
/14/15/
/ /
/16/
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]
The illustration shows how to make sixteen pieces. This can, of course,
be easily beaten.


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