[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by clarknova

I'm no interior designer, but this is just awful. Besides having a carpet that's all cut up, the room has no space for any furniture. Though since there is a huge aquarium in the middle, it'd be an onerous task moving anything in besides a card table and some folding chairs.

Anyway:

Spoiler:

The smallest I can figure it to be is three cuts (four pieces):
1) Cut two 4x10 pieces, and then cut off a 1x2 piece from the remaining 2x10.

331111111111
331111111111
331111111111
331111111111
33________44
332222222222
332222222222
332222222222
332222222222

or

2) Cut off a 1x10 strip, cut a 1x1 square from the end of that strip, and then cut out a 1x8 strip from the middle of the remaining 9x10 square.

143333333333
143333333333
143333333333
143333333333
14________33
143333333333
143333333333
143333333333
123333333333

I can't imagine doing it in 2 cuts, but I'll keep trying.

Good tries, but it's possible to do it with fewer pieces.