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 without scientific notation, click
here.
Total Thickness in Miles |
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unfolded | 6.21371192237334E-08 | |
1st fold | 1.24274238447467E-07 | |
2nd fold | 2.48548476894934E-07 | |
3rd fold | 4.97096953789867E-07 | |
4th fold | 9.94193907579734E-07 | |
5th fold | 1.98838781515947E-06 | |
6th fold | 3.97677563031894E-06 | |
7th fold | 7.95355126063787E-06 | |
8th fold | 1.59071025212757E-05 | |
9th fold | 3.18142050425515E-05 | |
10th fold | 6.36284100851030E-05 | |
11th fold | 1.27256820170206E-04 | |
12th fold | 2.54513640340412E-04 | |
13th fold | 5.09027280680824E-04 | |
14th fold | 1.01805456136165E-03 | |
15th fold | 2.03610912272330E-03 | |
16th fold | 4.07221824544659E-03 | |
17th fold | 8.14443649089318E-03 | |
18th fold | 1.62888729817864E-02 | |
19th fold | 3.25777459635727E-02 | |
20th fold | 6.51554919271455E-02 | |
21st fold | 1.30310983854291E-01 | |
22nd fold | 2.60621967708582E-01 | |
23rd fold | 5.21243935417164E-01 | |
24th fold | 1.04248787083433E+00 | |
25th fold | 2.08497574166865E+00 | |
26th fold | 4.16995148333731E+00 | |
27th fold | 8.33990296667462E+00 | |
28th fold | 1.66798059333492E+01 | |
29th fold | 3.33596118666985E+01 | |
30th fold | 6.67192237333970E+01 | |
31st fold | 1.33438447466794E+02 | |
32nd fold | 2.66876894933588E+02 | |
33rd fold | 5.33753789867176E+02 | |
34th fold | 1.06750757973435E+03 | |
35th fold | 2.13501515946870E+03 | |
36th fold | 4.27003031893741E+03 | The distance between Los Angeles and New York is approximately 2,800 miles. |
37th fold | 8.54006063787481E+03 | |
38th fold | 1.70801212757496E+04 | |
39th fold | 3.41602425514992E+04 | |
40th fold | 6.83204851029985E+04 | |
41st fold | 1.36640970205997E+05 | |
42nd fold | 2.73281940411994E+05 | The distance between the Earth and the Moon is approximately 250,000 miles. |
43rd fold | 5.46563880823988E+05 | |
44th fold | 1.09312776164798E+06 | |
45th fold | 2.18625552329595E+06 | |
46th fold | 4.37251104659190E+06 | |
47th fold | 8.74502209318381E+06 | |
48th fold | 1.74900441863676E+07 | |
49th fold | 3.49800883727352E+07 | |
50th fold | 6.99601767454704E+07 | |
51st fold | 1.39920353490941E+08 | The distance between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 93 million miles. |
52nd fold | 2.79840706981882E+08 |
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