More than 7 Folds...

[fpritchett64 0]

On any size sheet of paper.

Anybody ever tried it. Got bored at work and tried again. Just can't get past that 7th fold.

[BillyVance 34]

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On any size sheet of paper.

Anybody ever tried it. Got bored at work and tried again. Just can't get past that 7th fold.

You're right, that is impossible with standard copy paper if you fold it in half every time. But, I can get 7 folds if I fold it in half length-wise, and again the same direction, and again, up to 4 times, until you have a strip about an inch wide, maybe a little less, then fold that in half, and again and again. 7's the max that way.

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[fpritchett64 0]

I just tried again, not folding in half, more of a roll type fold each time, but got 9 that way...guess it doesn't count since it's not really a crease in each fold

[shropshire 0]

Mythbusters did this... Busted I think but I don't remember the final count.

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[snakeeater 0]

something for the brains here..

if you could fold it 50 times.. how thick would your paper get?

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[fpritchett64 0]

100 times thicker than it was originally?

[snakeeater 0]

nope. pretty far off, actually. any other guesses?

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[shropshire 0]

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100 times thicker than it was originally?

Nope. the 1st fold would give 2 thicknesses, the 2nd 4, 3rd 8 etc.....

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[BillyVance 34]

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100 times thicker than it was originally?

7 folds translates into 256 times thicker.

Wow...

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[twibbles 0]

2^50 = 1125899906842624

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[fpritchett64 0]

I knew that, just wanted to see if anyone else is as smart as me

[snakeeater 0]

so with a paper 0.1 mm thick, it's 112 million kilometers. that's about as far as from here to the sun.

back in 5th grade, I found that quite jaw-dropping..

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[HeadCone 0]

Wikipedia:

A popular belief holds that it was impossible to fold a sheet of paper in half more than 7 times; usually it is difficult to reach even 6 times. This has been publicly debunked by a high school student named Britney Gallivan, using toilet paper and folding it in "Single Direction Folding".

The television series MythBusters busted the myth of the 7 folds by folding taped together sheets in half and turning it 90 degrees each time, for a total of 11 folds. This was accomplished using 17 large rolls of paper taped together to form a very large yet relatively thin "sheet."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_folding

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