A puzzle in which one object is to be converted to another by making a finite number of cuts and reassembling it. The cuts are often, but not always, restricted to straight lines. Sometimes, a given puzzle is precut and is to be re-assembled into two or more given shapes.
Dissection Puzzles
See also
Cundy and Rollett's Egg, Dissection Fallacy, Pythagorean Square Puzzle, T-Puzzle, TangramExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Dissection Puzzles." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/DissectionPuzzles.html