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Crease #5 answer

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 3 folds

This is the solution to Crease puzzle #5. The puzzle gives you a strip of 8 numbers and asks you to fold it 3 times to reach a strip of 3 numbers.

Start
61142678
Target
61613
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Hints

Hint 1: the numbers

Folding only adds numbers together, so the total never changes. Both strips add up to 35. Your largest target number, 16, must be a stack of several cells added together.

Hint 2: the length budget

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

Hint 3: the first fold

The first fold goes between cell 7 and cell 8, counting cells from the left.

Full solution

Show every fold
Fold 1 of 3
61142678→61142615
Fold between cell 7 and cell 8. The right side flips over the left side.
Fold 2 of 3
61142615→61676
Fold between cell 4 and cell 5. The right side flips over the left side.
Fold 3 of 3
61676→61613
Fold between cell 3 and cell 4. The right side flips over the left side.
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