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Crease #18 answer

Tuesday, November 10, 2026 · 2 folds

This is the solution to Crease puzzle #18. The puzzle gives you a strip of 8 numbers and asks you to fold it 2 times to reach a strip of 5 numbers.

Start
17927339
Target
179222
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Hints

Hint 1: the numbers

Folding only adds numbers together, so the total never changes. Both strips add up to 41. Your largest target number, 22, must be a stack of several cells added together.

Hint 2: the length budget

The strip has 8 cells and the target has 5, so the folds together must remove 3 cells. A fold removes as many cells as its shorter side has.

Hint 3: the first fold

The first fold goes between cell 6 and cell 7, counting cells from the left.

Full solution

Show every fold
Fold 1 of 2
17927339→1792166
Fold between cell 6 and cell 7. The right side flips over the left side.
Fold 2 of 2
1792166→179222
Fold between cell 5 and cell 6. The right side flips over the left side.
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