mscroggs.co.uk
mscroggs.co.uk

subscribe

Puzzles

Pizza

Twelve friends want to share a pizza. One of the friends is very fussy and will not eat the centre of the pizza.
Is it possible to split a (circular) pizza into twelve identical pieces such that there is at least one piece which does not touch the centre?

Show answer & extension

If you enjoyed this puzzle, check out Sunday Afternoon Maths XXXIII,
puzzles about geometry, or a random puzzle.

Archive

Show me a random puzzle
 Most recent collections 

Advent calendar 2023

Advent calendar 2022

Advent calendar 2021

Advent calendar 2020


List of all puzzles

Tags

elections unit fractions arrows numbers crosswords remainders grids division angles floors decahedra factors multiplication averages cubics chess polygons complex numbers axes chalkdust crossnumber functions lines even numbers colouring median square roots sum to infinity cards integers combinatorics geometric means shape speed digits sums determinants spheres integration hexagons volume dice palindromes money quadrilaterals wordplay star numbers cryptic crossnumbers area geometry games rectangles tangents routes addition clocks graphs partitions digital products dodecagons dominos cube numbers sequences 2d shapes number dates trigonometry factorials expansions symmetry polynomials advent perfect numbers tiling coins christmas albgebra triangle numbers menace ave consecutive integers cryptic clues fractions quadratics books differentiation crossnumbers people maths multiples percentages folding tube maps probability 3d shapes means circles ellipses consecutive numbers irreducible numbers products tournaments pentagons mean surds algebra scales sets digital clocks odd numbers geometric mean square numbers doubling planes squares coordinates matrices indices pascal's triangle triangles prime numbers time perimeter regular shapes crossnumber binary parabolas gerrymandering shapes balancing sport range the only crossnumber rugby proportion calculus probabilty chocolate logic bases taxicab geometry

Archive

Show me a random puzzle
▼ show ▼
© Matthew Scroggs 2012–2024