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You need to fold an average piece of copy paper 42 times in half to reach the moon.
Here's how to figure that out:
The average distance to the moon from Earth's center is 384,403 km, and the average thickness of a sheet of paper is about .1 mm or .0000001 km.
Now, every time we fold the paper, it's thickness will double. When you repeatedly double a quantity, you can calculate what that quantity will be after a certain number of doublings with this formula:
P*2^n
where P is the original quantity, and n is the number of doublings.
Putting our number for paper thickness in:
(.0000001 km)*2^n
we find the number of folds, n, required to reach the moon by simply setting this formula equal to the distance between Earth and the moon and solving for n:
(.0000001 km)*2^n = 384,403km
2^n = 384,403 km/.0000001 km
n = log base 2 (384,403 km/.0000001 km)
n = 41.8058
Since folding only eight tenths of a time doesn't make sense, we round up to 42.
What else can I help you with?
How many times would you have to fold a 1 mm thick piece of paper to reach the moon?
It would take 42 times to fold an average 8.5 by 11 piece of paper to reach the moon!<3
How many times do you need to fold a piece of paper to make it reach to the moon?
42
If you fold a piece of paper in half 50 times how tall would it be?
You can't fold a piece of paper 50 times
If you fold a piece of paper in half fifty times how many pieces of paper will you get?
If you fold a piece of paper in half 50 times, you would get a stack of paper so thick that it would reach the sun and back multiple times, with a thickness much larger than the observable universe. It's a theoretical concept as it exceeds physical limits.
How many times can you fold an A4 piece of paper in half?
It is generally believed that an A4 piece of paper can be folded in half approximately seven to eight times due to the thickness of the paper increasing with each fold, making it increasingly difficult to fold further.
If you fold a piece of paper 20 times how many layers will there be?
If you could physically fold a piece of paper in half 20 times, it would result in 2^20 layers, which is equal to 1,048,576 layers. However, due to physical limitations, it is practically impossible to fold a piece of paper that many times.
How many times can you fold an A1 piece of paper?
6
How do you fold a snowflake?
snowflakes have 6 sides, so you fold the piece of paper 3 times.
If a piece of paper is folded 9 times how many sections will there be?
It's physically impossible to fold a piece of paper more than 7 times.
What is the limit of even folds you can fold in a piece of paper?
7-8 times
How do you make paper claws?
Get a square piece of paper. Fold it into a triangle (diagnol half) two times.Then, fold it 3 times. Then,fold the little thing in, and you're done.
How many sections will you have if you fold a paper in half five times?
If you fold a piece of paper in half five times, you will create 2^5 sections. This means you will have 32 sections after the fifth fold, as each fold doubles the number of sections.
