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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

 
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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