A puuzle

Germany
January 8, 2007 7:44am CST
Can you tell me how can you cut a ckae into eight pieces by using the knife only thrice
1 response
@shobejen (644)
• Philippines
8 Jan 07
hmm... you make the 1st and 2nd cut by creating a cross (one vertical and one horizontal cut) to cut the cake into 4 pieces... for the 3rd cut, cut the cake in half by cutting it from the side... so the 4 pieces will be cut into half, which results to 8...
• Germany
16 Feb 07
Yes you are right. good guess.