Folding a piece of paper

A piece of A4 paper can be folded about 6 times maybe 7, before it becomes too thick to bend. But imagine if you could fold it say 103 times; how high would it be?

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@diver said
A piece of A4 paper can be folded about 6 times maybe 7, before it becomes too thick to bend. But imagine if you could fold it say 103 times; how high would it be?

Guess first before checking the answer …

Answer: Hidden content removed

@diver said
A piece of A4 paper can be folded about 6 times maybe 7, before it becomes too thick to bend. But imagine if you could fold it say 103 times; how high would it be?

Guess first before checking the answer …

Answer: Hidden content removed

@Very-Rusty said
Good Brain puzzle, I would never gotten it!!!

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
I only got to 4 folds, which actually surprised me because the British version of a piece of A4 paper is slightly larger than our “letter size” paper over here.

@Very-Rusty said
Yes, I did know that part, but the math would be far too difficult for me for sure!!!

I think that would getting into Physics? Or perhaps I am making it more difficult that it actually is?

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
I think physically doing it would be, in a word, very difficult (OK that’s 2 words…sue me). Mathematically, somewhat less difficult though the “found” number would be…”BIG”.🤔😉

@Very-Rusty said
Agreed, but what formula would YOU use for the math???

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
A “times table”.

@Very-Rusty said
So you actually have no idea either. 😉

-VR

@Great-Big-Stees said
I think 🤔 that’d be fair to say…yes.👍😁

OK I took a peak at the hidden thingy and after doing a bit of multiplication determined that since 1 light year is around 9.5 trillion kilometres, 46-1/2 billion light years is a lot more kilometres than I can comprehend, though I do know it’s…a lot.😲😁