Folding

What shapes can you make by folding an A4 piece of paper?
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
filled star filled star empty star
Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving
Being curious Being resourceful Being resilient Being collaborative

Problem



Take an A4 piece of paper ...

How small can you make it by folding?

How many different sorts of triangle can you produce by folding?

Can you produce four identical triangles?

What is the quickest way to produce a square?

Can you make other quadrilaterals by folding?

Or by folding a long sheet of paper ...

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What can you produce?

Other shapes?

More folds?