SOLUTION: mr lim had a large wooden cube that measures 4 inches on each edge. he wanted to cut it into 64 smaller cubes that measures 1 inch on each edge. if he arranged the pieces before ea

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Question 732993: mr lim had a large wooden cube that measures 4 inches on each edge. he wanted to cut it into 64 smaller cubes that measures 1 inch on each edge. if he arranged the pieces before each cut what is the least amount of cuts he would have to make?
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mr lim had a large wooden cube that measures 4 inches on each edge. he wanted to cut it into 64 smaller cubes that measures 1 inch on each edge. if he arranged the pieces before each cut what is the least amount of cuts he would have to make?
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Each face is 16 sq. inches
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The depth of the cube is the equivalent of 4 of these faces:
4*16 = 64
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Cut front to back 3 times to get 4 16 sq in slices.
Cut left top to bottom 3 times to get 64 1 cu in pieces.
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Total: 3 + 3 = 6 cuts
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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