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Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem?

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Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem?
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Can you cut a cake fairly to solve this middle school math problem?
August 14, 2016 at 8:31 am (This post was last modified: August 14, 2016 at 9:01 am by Whateverist.)
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August 14, 2016 at 8:40 am
Why can't Losty make 5 cakes ??


She lazy or sumthin' ??
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August 14, 2016 at 8:40 am
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August 14, 2016 at 8:42 am
(August 14, 2016 at 8:40 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Why can't Losty make 5 cakes ??


She lazy or sumthin' ??

To be fair, she is still in there making our sammiches.  So I'm cutting her a little slack.
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August 14, 2016 at 8:48 am
Is there a requirement that all of the cake has to make it into the 5 portions?
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August 14, 2016 at 8:49 am
BTW, Losty isn't really dressed for kitchen success either . . . .

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August 14, 2016 at 8:50 am
(August 14, 2016 at 8:48 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Is there a requirement that all of the cake has to make it into the 5 portions?

Yes indeed!  Thanks for clearing that up!
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August 14, 2016 at 8:56 am (This post was last modified: August 14, 2016 at 8:56 am by Whateverist.)
True story.: My stepson introduced me to this problem when his teacher gave it to them at the start of class. She'd just come back from a conference where she'd worked on it for a while without finishing it. He saw the answer right away and told it to her after class. Her reaction was it couldn't be that simple but then she realized he was right.
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August 14, 2016 at 8:59 am
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August 14, 2016 at 9:01 am
Does it involve shaving off frosting and portioning the cake and frosting separately?
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