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Doughnut
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level 
Oliver (Christchurch Cathedral School, UK) has shown his solution clearly in a diagram.
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Josh (Ampthill, UK) has used words to give the same solution:
Cut in quarters vertically at the top at right angles and then cut horizontally.
Sam (Nanyang Primary School, Singapore) came up with a different approach:
I think that the solution is:- You cut the doughnut into halves.
- Then you cut it into quarters.
- Put all the 4 pieces into a stack and cut into halves.
- You will get 8 equal pieces using 3 cuts of a knife.
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