
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Geetha wants to cut a cube of size  $4 \times 4\times 4$  into  $64$  unit cubes (of size $1\times 1\times 1$ ). Every cut must be straight, and parallel to a face of the big cube. What
is the minimum number of cuts that Geetha needs?
Note: After every cut, she can rearrange the pieces before cutting again. At every
cut, she can cut more than one pieces as long as the pieces are on a straight line.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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