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Folding and Cutting - A Starting Point

 

Would you like to see how the piece of A4 paper pictured in Folding and Cutting was folded?  Then take a look below ...

This first image shows the two fold lines, which have been marked in black:

FoldingCutting1.jpg

 

This second image was taken after the first fold:

FoldingCutting2.jpg

 

And here is the piece of paper after the second fold with a dotted line to show where to cut:

FoldingCutting3.jpg

 

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Comments

Submitted by Jack pear on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 16:17

you can make 4 parts with just 2 folds and 1 cut so i am going on to find out if i can get any further

Submitted by emp1001 on Tue, 12/15/2015 - 13:05

We look forward to hearing more from you, Jack, once you've explored further!

Submitted by David Chester on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 15:12

Of course it depends on where the fold is made and how the folded sheet is cut. Using your instructions I find that with two folds I get 3 separate pieces, and one of the pieces is the result of a part that is inside another region of the folded sheet. Using this principle and when folded in the tight way, I reckon to get one additional piece for every fold. So 2 folds give 3 pieces, 3 folds give 4 pieces, etc.