A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded to start with howmany times does it need to be cut?

• 11 times
  since rope is double folded.
  11 times= 22 pieces
  remains= 23rd piece
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(22) No(0)
• 12 times=
  11 cuts as told by nirmal kumar
  +1 cut for the folded part where we made the first cut
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(1)
• since the rope is double folded ..on one cut we will get 4 parts..likewise on 10th cut we wil get 22 parts nd 1 part remeining..
  so total 10 cuts..
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(9)
• 12 if we do 12 cuts 12 cut is folded piece so we get only 1 from that. 11 cuts 22 plus 1
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)