Activity-Creative thinking-Cut that Cake

Overview 

The trainer brings in a cake to celebrate the end of a successful session. Participants cannot eat it until they have cut it. They cannot make more than three cuts and they must divide the cake into eight pieces.

Time / 20 Minutes

Directions and Set up 

Purchase a cake and bring it to the training room at an appropriate time.
After 5 minutes , if the solution has not been found, either allow each participant a second chance, or demonstrate the answer (see answer below)

Tools/Items required

One 8 – 10 inch round  cake and a cake knife

Rules 

The participants cannot make more than three cuts and they must divide the cake into eight pieces.

What’s the point? 

This activity is meant as a fun and also challenging way to end a team building , creativity or a problem solving class and also shows the value of collaboration of all class participants to try and come up with a solution together and get a piece of the cake

Solution

The answer is to cut the cake twice on top (once in either direction) and once horizontally through the middle.