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Folding Newspaper 100 Times


Assumed thickness of newspaper (in meters)



0.0010



1

0.0020





0.0020



2

0.0040





0.0040



3

0.0080





0.0080



4

0.0160





0.0160



5

0.0320





0.0320



6

0.0640





0.0640



7

0.1280





0.1280



8

0.2560





0.2560



9

0.5120





0.5120



10

1.0240





1.0240



11

2.0480





2.0480



12

4.0960





4.0960



13

8.1920





8.1920



14

16.3840





16.3840



15

32.7680





32.7680



16

65.5360





65.5360



17

131.0720





131.0720



18

262.1440





262.1440



19

524.2880





524.2880



20

1,048.5760





1,048.5760



21

2,097.1520





2,097.1520



22

4,194.3040





4,194.3040



23

8,388.6080





8,388.6080



24

16,777.2160





16,777.2160



25

33,554.4320





33,554.4320



26

67,108.8640





67,108.8640



27

134,217.7280





134,217.7280



28

268,435.4560





268,435.4560



29

536,870.9120





536,870.9120



30

1,073,741.8240





1,073,741.8240



31

2,147,483.6480





2,147,483.6480



32

4,294,967.2960





4,294,967.2960



33

8,589,934.5920





8,589,934.5920



34

17,179,869.1840





17,179,869.1840



35

34,359,738.3680





34,359,738.3680



36

68,719,476.7360





68,719,476.7360



37

137,438,953.4720





137,438,953.4720



38

274,877,906.9440





274,877,906.9440



39

549,755,813.8880





549,755,813.8880



40

1,099,511,627.7760





1,099,511,627.7760



41

2,199,023,255.5520





2,199,023,255.5520



42

4,398,046,511.1040





4,398,046,511.1040



43

8,796,093,022.2080





8,796,093,022.2080



44

17,592,186,044.4160





17,592,186,044.4160



45

35,184,372,088.8320





35,184,372,088.8320



46

70,368,744,177.6640





70,368,744,177.6640



47

140,737,488,355.3280





140,737,488,355.3280



48

281,474,976,710.6560





281,474,976,710.6560



49

562,949,953,421.3120





562,949,953,421.3120



50

1,125,899,906,842.6200





1,125,899,906,842.6200



51

2,251,799,813,685.2500





2,251,799,813,685.2500



52

4,503,599,627,370.5000





4,503,599,627,370.5000



53

9,007,199,254,740.9900





9,007,199,254,740.9900



54

18,014,398,509,482.0000





18,014,398,509,482.0000



55

36,028,797,018,964.0000





36,028,797,018,964.0000



56

72,057,594,037,927.9000





72,057,594,037,927.9000



57

144,115,188,075,856.0000





144,115,188,075,856.0000



58

288,230,376,151,712.0000





288,230,376,151,712.0000



59

576,460,752,303,423.0000





576,460,752,303,423.0000



60

1,152,921,504,606,850.0000





1,152,921,504,606,850.0000



61

2,305,843,009,213,690.0000





2,305,843,009,213,690.0000



62

4,611,686,018,427,390.0000





4,611,686,018,427,390.0000



63

9,223,372,036,854,780.0000





9,223,372,036,854,780.0000



64

18,446,744,073,709,600.0000





18,446,744,073,709,600.0000



65

36,893,488,147,419,100.0000





36,893,488,147,419,100.0000



66

73,786,976,294,838,200.0000





73,786,976,294,838,200.0000



67

147,573,952,589,676,000.0000





147,573,952,589,676,000.0000



68

295,147,905,179,353,000.0000





295,147,905,179,353,000.0000



69

590,295,810,358,706,000.0000





590,295,810,358,706,000.0000



70

1,180,591,620,717,410,000.0000





1,180,591,620,717,410,000.0000



71

2,361,183,241,434,820,000.0000





2,361,183,241,434,820,000.0000



72

4,722,366,482,869,650,000.0000





4,722,366,482,869,650,000.0000



73

9,444,732,965,739,290,000.0000





9,444,732,965,739,290,000.0000



74

18,889,465,931,478,600,000.0000





18,889,465,931,478,600,000.0000



75

37,778,931,862,957,200,000.0000





37,778,931,862,957,200,000.0000



76

75,557,863,725,914,300,000.0000





75,557,863,725,914,300,000.0000



77

151,115,727,451,829,000,000.0000





151,115,727,451,829,000,000.0000



78

302,231,454,903,657,000,000.0000





302,231,454,903,657,000,000.0000



79

604,462,909,807,315,000,000.0000





604,462,909,807,315,000,000.0000



80

1,208,925,819,614,630,000,000.0000





1,208,925,819,614,630,000,000.0000



81

2,417,851,639,229,260,000,000.0000





2,417,851,639,229,260,000,000.0000



82

4,835,703,278,458,520,000,000.0000





4,835,703,278,458,520,000,000.0000



83

9,671,406,556,917,030,000,000.0000





9,671,406,556,917,030,000,000.0000



84

19,342,813,113,834,100,000,000.0000





19,342,813,113,834,100,000,000.0000



85

38,685,626,227,668,100,000,000.0000





38,685,626,227,668,100,000,000.0000



86

77,371,252,455,336,300,000,000.0000





77,371,252,455,336,300,000,000.0000



87

154,742,504,910,673,000,000,000.0000





154,742,504,910,673,000,000,000.0000



88

309,485,009,821,345,000,000,000.0000





309,485,009,821,345,000,000,000.0000



89

618,970,019,642,690,000,000,000.0000





618,970,019,642,690,000,000,000.0000



90

1,237,940,039,285,380,000,000,000.0000





1,237,940,039,285,380,000,000,000.0000



91

2,475,880,078,570,760,000,000,000.0000





2,475,880,078,570,760,000,000,000.0000



92

4,951,760,157,141,520,000,000,000.0000





4,951,760,157,141,520,000,000,000.0000



93

9,903,520,314,283,040,000,000,000.0000





9,903,520,314,283,040,000,000,000.0000



94

19,807,040,628,566,100,000,000,000.0000





19,807,040,628,566,100,000,000,000.0000



95

39,614,081,257,132,200,000,000,000.0000





39,614,081,257,132,200,000,000,000.0000



96

79,228,162,514,264,300,000,000,000.0000





79,228,162,514,264,300,000,000,000.0000



97

158,456,325,028,529,000,000,000,000.0000





158,456,325,028,529,000,000,000,000.0000



98

316,912,650,057,057,000,000,000,000.0000





316,912,650,057,057,000,000,000,000.0000



99

633,825,300,114,115,000,000,000,000.0000





633,825,300,114,115,000,000,000,000.0000



100

1,267,650,600,228,230,000,000,000,000.0000

meters thick



0.001





1,267,650,600,228,230,000,000,000

kilometers thick



9,460,800,000,000

kilometers in a light year



133,989,789,471

light years thick





156,000,000,000

largest estimate of the width of the universe (in light years)



(There is one little difficulty with this: the newspaper would have to be so big in order to fold it that many times that it is unlikely anyone could even fold it once. The math to figure that problem out is beyond me!)