Question

Harmony used discarded paper to make notepads for her friends. She would fold five letter size pieces of paper three times then cut along the lines. She would then stack the smaller note papers and staple them together. How long would one notepad last if someone wrote ten notes per day? 1 piece of paper=1 note

Answer 1

The answer is 4 days.

Explanation:

Harmony used discarded paper to make notepads for her friends. She would fold five letter size pieces of paper three times then cut along the lines.

She would then stack the smaller note papers and staple them together.

Folding three times makes 8 sections or note size pieces of paper per letter size paper.

So, 8 sections x 5 papers = 40 note size papers.

As 10 notes per day is written, so it will last
`40/10=4` days

Therefore, the answer is 4 days.

Answer 2

First fold of a piece of paper produces two smaller pieces of paper
Second fold of the resulting pieces of paper produces 4 smaller pieces of paper.
Third fold of the resulting pieces of paper produces 8 smaller pieces of paper.

Thus, the five letter size pieces of paper folded three times produces 8 x 5 = 40 notes.

Thus, one notepad consists of 40 notes.

If someone wrote ten notes per day, then one notepad will last for 4 days.