JELLY NINJA – THE DONUT MISSION

My attempt to demonstrate that 13 pieces can be produced from just 3 straight cuts to a donut (or donut-shaped food item such as jelly).

The Donut Solution

Donut challenge

Grab yourself a bag of donuts and settle in, because this is going to be a tasty and tricky experiment.

Here is your challenge: what is the largest number of pieces you can get from making 3 cuts in a donut? (Don’t run off and search this or you will find answers but you will lose the joy of boggling your mind and consuming your failed experiments)

Here are the rules: 1. Each cut must be made as a single straight line

2. The donut cannot be rearranged before the next cut, it must remain in a donut shape (such that if you were cutting with lasers rather than a kitchen knife, all 3 cuts could be made simultaneously)

3. If you are using a theoretical donut, assume that it is a 3-dimensional torus, with or without sprinkles

Please do comment to share your results. Solution has been posted above.

Hint: it’s more than 10 pieces