Geetha wants to cut a cube of size $4 \times 4\times 4$ into $64$ unit cubes (of size $1\times 1\times 1$). Every cut must be straight, and parallel to a face of the big cube. What is the minimum number of cuts that Geetha needs? Note: After every cut, she can rearrange the pieces before cutting again. At every cut, she can cut more than one pieces as long as the pieces are on a straight line.
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franzliszt
19.09.2020 03:17
I believe $64=2^6$ so $6$ cuts? Darn stop sniping me pizza
ilovepizza2020
19.09.2020 03:20
franzliszt wrote: I believe $64=2^6$ so $6$ cuts? Darn stop sniping me pizza
lrjr24
19.09.2020 03:23
oop, misread
GammaZero
19.09.2020 03:27
I think it would be $\boxed{6}$ because Geetha can rearrange the formation after any cut so if she just keeps cutting in half then she will only need $6$ cuts because $2^6=64$