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3. Bob has 8 pieces of square index cards that each measures 8 inches per side. Using a pair of scissors, he cuts each piece in half (so the resulting size is 8” x 4”) and then places all the resulting card pieces in a new stack. If he repeats this procedure 4 more times, how many pieces of card stock will he have and what will be the measure of each piece? (Note: All cuts will be made along the longer edge of the piece if the piece of index card is not square.)

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The number of pieces of card stock which would result upon the process repetition is; 256 pieces.

What is the number of card stock pieces resulting from the cutting process?

According to the task content, it follows that since, there are 8 pieces of the 8 inches per side cards initially, the resulting number of cards after carrying out the process of cutting cards into half five, 5 times is;

No of cards = 8 (2)⁵

No. of cards = 256 pieces.

The size of each of the cards in discuss provided that all cuts will be made along and not across the longer edge is; 8 by 1/4 inches.

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