Jen cut a piece of paper in half and threw away one half. She cut the remaining paper in half and threw away one half. She continued doing this until she had a piece of paper whose area was 1/32 as great as the area of the original piece of paper. How many cuts did she make?

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Jordyn Mcintosh

14 September, 09:56

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Pranav Sutton · Answer 1

1 cut - 1/2

2 cuts - 1/4

3 cuts - 1/8

4 cuts - 1/16

5 cuts-1/32

So 5 cuts