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Crease #16 answer

Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 4 folds

This is the solution to Crease puzzle #16. The puzzle gives you a strip of 10 numbers and asks you to fold it 4 times to reach a strip of 4 numbers.

Start
4146969296
Target
301196
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Hints

Hint 1: the numbers

Folding only adds numbers together, so the total never changes. Both strips add up to 56. Your largest target number, 30, must be a stack of several cells added together.

Hint 2: the length budget

The strip has 10 cells and the target has 4, so the folds together must remove 6 cells. A fold removes as many cells as its shorter side has.

Hint 3: the first fold

The first fold goes between cell 1 and cell 2, counting cells from the left.

Full solution

Show every fold
Fold 1 of 4
4146969296→546969296
Fold between cell 1 and cell 2. The left side flips over the right side.
Fold 2 of 4
546969296→96969296
Fold between cell 1 and cell 2. The left side flips over the right side.
Fold 3 of 4
96969296→15151196
Fold between cell 3 and cell 4. The left side flips over the right side.
Fold 4 of 4
15151196→301196
Fold between cell 1 and cell 2. The left side flips over the right side.
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