This is a classical question I ask to children (and I was asked as a child too). It was/is fun, because it is easier to answer if you haven't yet started arithmetic, or if you can manage to step outside the pressure of this new thing that you are being taught at school.
How many cuts do you need to make in order to split a board into 2?
How about 3?
How about 4?
In this case, the teacher has failed. But, everybody must have learned something out of this.
> But, everybody must have learned something out of this.
Let's hope the lesson learnt is not "math is too hard for me; I'm stupid; I don't understand this; I tried to ask my teacher but they're authoritarian and because I'm just a kid I don't know the socially acceptable way to ask this kind of stuff and the teacher got all defensive and punished me, and so I must never question anyone, even when I think I can show that I'm right and I think they've made a mistake".
Teaching is a hard job. Many parents don't support you at all. It's politicised (at least, in England it's very political). It's low status. So, I'm not really knocking the teacher. I do hope that after a chat the teacher gave the child better marks.
If you ask me to make these cuts with a chop saw (or mitre saw if you prefer) I am making 1, 2 and 2 cuts. Where one cut is defined as pulling the trigger on the saw arm and pressing the handle down.
The answer to this question is open for debate. You see you didn't specify whether you cut all the way through resulting in two halves of a person with one cut on one of them. And which one!
As I stated downthread: If you ask me to make these cuts I am plugging in my chop saw (or mitre saw if you prefer) I am making 1, 2 and 2 cuts. Where one cut is defined as pulling the trigger on the saw arm and pressing the handle down.
Your "vice" will be my left hand pushing the wood against the fence and towards the stop block. Do you do a lot of woodworking?
For anyone else initially as confused as I was, dfc is saying that after the first cut, they would stack the resulting two pieces for the 2nd cut with the chop saw.
It was not snark. I was just trying to ascertain if you were unfamiliar with working with lumber or just being difficult. Would you really make three cuts?
How many cuts do you need to make in order to split a board into 2? How about 3? How about 4?
In this case, the teacher has failed. But, everybody must have learned something out of this.