A square sheet of paper is folded along the dotted line successively along the directions shown and is then punched in the last. How would the paper look when unfolded?

Answer:

Let’s go step by step using the diagram you shared.

1. Understand the folds

First fold: The square is folded along a vertical center line → left half goes onto the right (or vice versa).

Second fold: The rectangle is folded again horizontally → top folds onto bottom.

After these two folds, the paper becomes a quarter-sized square (¼ of the original), with multiple layers stacked.

2. Hole punches

In the final folded square, two holes are punched:

One near the *top-right corner**

One near the *bottom-left corner**

3. Unfolding logic

Each fold creates symmetry:

First unfold (horizontal): duplicates holes vertically → now 4 holes

Second unfold (vertical): duplicates again horizontally → now 8 holes total

So we expect:

8 holes total

Symmetrical distribution across both axes

4. Match with options

A:8 holes, symmetric both horizontally and vertically

B: only 4 holes

* C: too many holes

* D: only 3 holes

Final Answer: A

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