Question

If i fold something three times vertically then once horizontally, how many layers do I have?

Answer 1

got a piece of paper?

Answer 2

Yeah...I tried it but I'm not sure I'm counting the layers correctly.

Answer 3

Assuming that it doesn't have any previous folds, if it became a number it would become 2^4

Answer 4

what did you get?

Answer 5

It wouldn't matter if it was horizontal or vertical, just multiply 2 by the number of folds you do

Answer 6

Well....3 folds equals 8 layers...so then I thought that with the horizontal fold, it would be 16 layers because it is a fourth fold.

Answer 7

or you can do it the non annoying non algebraic way and fold a piece of paper and count the layers

Answer 8

16 is right

Answer 9

Wait, ignore my previous message, you multiply 2 by 2 the number of folds you do

Answer 10

Or pretty much the same thing I said in my first post :P

Answer 11

Right....16 is right? completeidiot, did you count the folds in the paper?

Answer 12

lol nice going bidoof

didnt need to, i know the mathematical way of solving it

Answer 13

It would be 16 as 2^4 is 16

Answer 14

well yeah but it doesn't matter which way you fold it at all? I thought it would change it...

Answer 15

nope

Answer 16

Nope, You could fold it diagonally or any way you want, but all you're doing is multiplying the previous layer by 2

Answer 17

Okay, thank you both!

Answer 18

No problem :)