Ripping Paper & Exponents Worksheet Page 2
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2Ripping Paper & Exponents
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50
Answer:
2
= 1,125,899,906,842,624 pieces of paper
(one quadrillion, one hundred twenty-five trillion, eight hundred ninety-nine billion, nine
hundred six million, eight hundred forty-two thousand, six hundred twenty-four)
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Assuming the thickness of the paper is 0.001 inch, we can stack the pieces of paper and
calculate the height of the pile.
height = (0.001)(inch) × (1,125,899,906,842,624) ≈ 1,125,899,906,843 inches
We convert the height of the pile from inches to kilometers.
(1 meter ≈ 39.37 inches; 1 kilometer = 1000 meters)
⎛
⎞
⎛
⎞
(
)
1
meter
1
kilometer
×
×
⎜
⎟
⎜
⎟
height =
1,125,899,
906,843
inches
⎝
⎠
⎝
⎠
39.37
inches
1000
meters
≈ 28,597,915 kilometers
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The average distance from the Earth
to the moon is approximately
384,400 kilometers.
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Theoretically, after
ripping the paper 50
times, we could make 74
stacks of paper, each
stack piled from the
Earth to the moon!!!!!
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