Starting with the prism, this dissection can be performed with just five straight cuts.
The dissection is translational.Starting with the truncated octahedron, this dissection can be performed with just four straight cuts.
The dissection is translational.Starting with the cube, this dissection can be performed with just five straight cuts.
The dissection is translational.We start by dividing the rhombic triacontahedron into 5 pieces. If it has a volume of 1 then the five pieces have volumes of 0.4, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1 and 0.1.
The four small pieces with volumes of 0.2, 0.2, 0.1 and 0.1 are rearranged into a single block.
The first cut adds 4 pieces. These pieces are rearranged. The second cut adds a further 5 pieces. Again rearrange the pieces into a clean parallel sided block. A final two parallel cuts are made adding a single piece and 5 more pieces. The pieces are now rearranged to give a final block of dimensions 0.6×1×1. The pieces required are 4+4+5+(1+5) for a total of 19 pieces.
Here are these 19 pieces shown separately and grouped for the original 4 pieces.
The central block must now be dissected. We start by making 3 parallel cuts making a total of 4 pieces. These are rearranged. Now another cut is made adding 3 more pieces. Again rearrange the pieces making a clean parallel sided block. A final cut is made adding a further 3 pieces. The pieces are now rearranged to give a final block of dimensions 0.4×1×1. The pieces required are 4+3+3 for a total of 10 pieces.
The two blocks of 0.4×1×1 and 0.6×1×1 can now be combined to make a cube with a total of 29 pieces
Here are these 10 pieces shown separately.