Paper Folding
A piece of paper is about 1 millimeter or 1/254 inch
thick. There are 5,280 feet in one mile.
To see the following table done with scientific notation, click
here.
Total Thickness in Miles |
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unfolded | 0.00000006213711922 | |
1st fold | 0.00000012427423845 | |
2nd fold | 0.00000024854847689 | |
3rd fold | 0.00000049709695379 | |
4th fold | 0.00000099419390758 | |
5th fold | 0.00000198838781516 | |
6th fold | 0.00000397677563032 | |
7th fold | 0.00000795355126064 | |
8th fold | 0.00001590710252128 | |
9th fold | 0.00003181420504255 | |
10th fold | 0.00006362841008510 | |
11th fold | 0.00012725682017021 | |
12th fold | 0.00025451364034041 | |
13th fold | 0.00050902728068082 | |
14th fold | 0.00101805456136165 | |
15th fold | 0.00203610912272330 | |
16th fold | 0.00407221824544659 | |
17th fold | 0.00814443649089318 | |
18th fold | 0.01628887298178640 | |
19th fold | 0.03257774596357270 | |
20th fold | 0.06515549192714550 | |
21st fold | 0.13031098385429100 | |
22nd fold | 0.26062196770858200 | |
23rd fold | 0.52124393541716400 | |
24th fold | 1.04248787083433000 | |
25th fold | 2.08497574166865000 | |
26th fold | 4.16995148333731000 | |
27th fold | 8.33990296667462000 | |
28th fold | 16.67980593334920000 | |
29th fold | 33.35961186669850000 | |
30th fold | 66.71922373339700000 | |
31st fold | 133.43844746679400000 | |
32nd fold | 266.87689493358800000 | |
33rd fold | 533.75378986717600000 | |
34th fold | 1,067.50757973435000000 | |
35th fold | 2,135.01515946870000000 | |
36th fold | 4,270.03031893741000000 | The distance between Los Angeles and New York is approximately 2,800 miles. |
37th fold | 8,540.06063787481000000 | |
38th fold | 17,080.12127574960000000 | |
39th fold | 34,160.24255149920000000 | |
40th fold | 68,320.48510299850000000 | |
41st fold | 136,640.97020599700000000 | |
42nd fold | 273,281.94041199400000000 | The distance between the Earth and the Moon is approximately 250,000 miles. |
43rd fold | 546,563.88082398800000000 | |
44th fold | 1,093,127.76164798000000000 | |
45th fold | 2,186,255.52329595000000000 | |
46th fold | 4,372,511.04659190000000000 | |
47th fold | 8,745,022.09318381000000000 | |
48th fold | 17,490,044.18636760000000000 | |
49th fold | 34,980,088.37273520000000000 | |
50th fold | 69,960,176.74547040000000000 | |
51st fold | 139,920,353.49094100000000000 | The distance between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 93 million miles. |
52nd fold | 279,840,706.98188200000000000 |
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