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Folding paper – practice for Years 4–9

Sample questions on Folding paper with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Logic
Year
Years 4–9
Curriculum area
Spatial reasoning

Question types: Punched paper

Rule: Folding paper

Every fold doubles the holes: 1 fold makes 2 holes, 2 folds 4 holes, 3 folds 8 holes.

The holes are mirror images across each fold line: just as far from it on both sides.

Example: Paper folded in half and in half again, one hole punched: unfolded, it has 4 holes.

Watch out: When you unfold, mirror the hole across the fold line; don’t just slide it along.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    A square sheet is folded along the dashed lines, as the arrows show, and a hole is punched. What does the sheet look like when it is unfolded?

    →
    1. A)
    2. B)
    3. C)
    4. D)
    5. E)
    Show the solution
    Answer: E) picture E

    How it works: Each fold doubles the holes, mirrored in the fold line: 2 holes.

  2. Question 2 Normal

    A square sheet is folded along the dashed lines, as the arrows show, and a hole is punched. What does the sheet look like when it is unfolded?

    →→
    1. A)
    2. B)
    3. C)
    4. D)
    5. E)
    Show the solution
    Answer: C) picture C

    How it works: Each fold doubles the holes, mirrored in the fold line: 4 holes.

  3. Question 3 Hard

    A square sheet is folded along the dashed lines, as the arrows show, and a hole is punched. What does the sheet look like when it is unfolded?

    →→
    1. A)
    2. B)
    3. C)
    4. D)
    5. E)
    Show the solution
    Answer: C) picture C

    How it works: Each fold doubles the holes, mirrored in the fold line: 8 holes.

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