The Challenge: Fold a normal piece of paper over in half 9 times. (No unfolding)

Difficulty: Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very camel very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very Hard.

Is it Possible?: Yes.

What's the world record for most folds in half on a standard sized piece of paper?: 9.

Have I done it?: Yes.

The Prize: Raised self esteem.

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

ImagineIt wrote:

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

You do know I said,“ Standard Sized sheet of paper”

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

You do know I said,“ Standard Sized sheet of paper”

Well what exactly is a standard size?
My notebook papers, binder papers, and printer paper are all different.

ImagineIt wrote:

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

You do know I said,“ Standard Sized sheet of paper”

Well what exactly is a standard size?
My notebook papers, binder papers, and printer paper are all different.

Printer paper.

I laughed and thought, wow that's so easy…

So I tried it

And only got to 6! *sobs*

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

You do know I said,“ Standard Sized sheet of paper”

Well what exactly is a standard size?
My notebook papers, binder papers, and printer paper are all different.

Printer paper.

That depends on country.

Flamekebab wrote:

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

You do know I said,“ Standard Sized sheet of paper”

Well what exactly is a standard size?
My notebook papers, binder papers, and printer paper are all different.

Printer paper.

That depends on country.

Then go get some printer paper, and fold it in half 9 times.

If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach from the Earth to the Moon. :O

I've done 7

Also, if you fold a piece of paper in half 60 something times it becomes the size of an atom, I believe

poopo wrote:

If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach from the Earth to the Moon. :O

but the paper doesn't get longer when you fold it in half…?

dav99 wrote:

Flamekebab wrote:

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

dav99 wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

Actually, the record is 12 times: Here's the link

You do know I said,“ Standard Sized sheet of paper”

Well what exactly is a standard size?
My notebook papers, binder papers, and printer paper are all different.

Printer paper.

That depends on country.

Then go get some printer paper, and fold it in half 9 times.

….that doesn't answer the concern, though. The US uses 8.5“x11”, whereas most other countries use A4, which is 8.3“x11.7”

veggieman001 wrote:

….that doesn't answer the concern, though. The US uses 8.5“x11”, whereas most other countries use A4, which is 8.3“x11.7”

Bingo. It was kinda trippy to learn that the US doesn't use A4. It's something I have to be aware of any time I do desktop publishing work - lots of programs default to American sizing!

Flamekebab wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

….that doesn't answer the concern, though. The US uses 8.5“x11”, whereas most other countries use A4, which is 8.3“x11.7”

Bingo. It was kinda trippy to learn that the US doesn't use A4. It's something I have to be aware of any time I do desktop publishing work - lots of programs default to American sizing!

America doesn't use A4??? :s

I don't think they use foolscap either so…

jji7skyline wrote:

America doesn't use A4??? :s

I don't think they use foolscap either so…

Interesting. I just looked up foolscap and from what I can tell it was phased out in 1959 in the UK. I remember teachers sometimes referring to paper as “foolscap” and I was never sure why.

Apparently A4 isn't used by the USA or Canada:

Today the standard has been adopted by all countries in the world except the United States and Canada. In Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and the Philippines the US letter format is still in common use, despite their official adoption of the ISO standard.

I'll take “fairly boring trivia” for ten points, please.

scratchisthebest wrote:

poopo wrote:

If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach from the Earth to the Moon. :O

but the paper doesn't get longer when you fold it in half…?

It's referring to the thickness of the paper. For example, It's .001 cm. Fold it. .002 cm.

0.001 * 2 * 2 * 2… 42 times equals….

21990232km


Sounds about right

dav99 wrote:

scratchisthebest wrote:

poopo wrote:

If you fold a piece of paper 42 times, it would reach from the Earth to the Moon. :O

but the paper doesn't get longer when you fold it in half…?

It's referring to the thickness of the paper. For example, It's .001 cm. Fold it. .002 cm.

Ah.

Is it a coincidence that it's 42 times ^^ I THINK NOT.

I believe a robot once folded it like 15 times, until it couldn't do it anymore and gave up.

Interesting topic, but I don't think a folding paper challenge relates to making or creating something. Please follow the “Making and Creating” guidelines.