I had a 6x7 chocolate bar. My kid stole a 2x3 piece from a corner. Can I divide the rest in two identical pieces, just cutting along the lines? In three identical pieces? In four?

+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

I hope this looks right...

+---+---+---+---+
|               |
+               +
|               |
+               +---+---+---+
|               |           |
+           +---+           +
|           |               |
+       +---+               +
|       |                   |
+   +---+                   +
|   |                       |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

+---+---+---+---+
|               |
+               +
|               |
+               +---+---+---+
|               |           |
+---+---+---+---+           +
|               |           |
+               +           +
|               |           |
+               +           +
|               |           |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

+---+---+---+---+
|               |
+               +
|               |
+   +---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |               |       |
+---+               +       +
|   |               |       |
+   +---+---+---+   +       +
|               |   |       |
+               +---+       +
|               |           |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

Nope, it looks terrible.  But if you cut and paste this into an editor that uses a fixed pitch font.  You'll see the 3 solutions.  :-)

I'd redo it, but the correct solutions have already been posted.

Edited on March 7, 2005, 4:53 am

Posted by Ken Haley on 2005-03-07 04:50:39