Brain Teaser
Buford and Festus got themselves jobs in a sawmill.
The first day at work, Buford lost a finger in the band saw. (Luckily he started with six fingers).
I suppose that raises the age-old question, "If your glove is so big that it keeps falling off, does it still fit like a glove?"
While you're pondering that, let's go back to the sawmill . . .
The boss told each of them that he needed a large piece of wood cut into 16 equal smaller pieces.
The original piece of wood measures 8 inches by 8 inches by 8 feet long.
What are the fewest number of cuts that they can make and accomplish this goal?
The Answer and Winner . . .
It can be accomplished in only 4 cuts!
You need to arrange the pieces after each cut so that all of them will be cut in half with the next cut. Here is just one way that you could do it.
The first cut gives you 2 equal pieces 4 feet long.
Put those two pieces side by side so the second cut gives you 4 pieces that are 2 feet long.
Put those four pieces side by side so that the third cut gives you 8 pieces that are 1 foot long.
Put those eight pieces side by side so that the fourth cut gives you 16 pieces that are 6 inches long.
Our winner of a calculator / pen set is . . .
Stephanie Crammond
VP Business Development
DeepData