Elementary School Science Riddle

[Carbo]

Are you smarter than a fifth grader? My 9 year old came home this weekend with the following riddle from her teacher:
How can someone walk through a piece of paper without tearing it?
As I said above, I'm stumped. Any Einstein's out there who can make sense of this nonsense??

 

[Joemonkey]

you can cut it such that it accordians all out and you can walk right through it.

http://www.kidzone.ws/magic/walkthrough-t.htm

 

[invidia]

cut a hole through it.


cutting is not equal to tearing

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Keep trying to walk into it. Eventually, your molecules will pass right through it.

 

[dighn]

set it on fire

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

bend the paper into a tube, then walk through the hole.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
bend the paper into a tube, then walk through the hole.

Teh win

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
bend the paper into a tube, then walk through the hole.

I wouldn't call that walking THROUGH the paper.

 

[Throckmorton]

Reconfigure the shield generators to match the phase of the paper. It always works in Star Trek.

 

[Jeff7]

"Simple, change the gravitational constant of the universe."


The riddle does not specify the size of the piece of paper.

Or hell, "How does one walk through a piece of paper without tearing it?"
Fine, don't tear it. Cut it instead. Or burn a hole in it.

Redefine the word "paper" to mean "doorway." Go find one and walk through.

 

[mh47g]

http://krampf.com/experiments/Science_Experiment11.html

 

[Carbo]

Originally posted by: mh47g
http://krampf.com/experiments/Science_Experiment11.html

! That's it! Thank you. :thumbsup:

 

[TallBill]

Haha, now my roomate is wondering why I am watching high school level science videos.

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: Carbo
Are you smarter than a fifth grader? My 9 year old came home this weekend with the following riddle from her teacher:
How can someone walk through a piece of paper without tearing it?
As I said above, I'm stumped. Any Einstein's out there who can make sense of this nonsense??

Assuming your 9 year old got this riddle on Friday and asked you the riddle on Friday (After she came back from school) and you posted this riddle on ATOT on Sunday at ~5:30pm, I am sorry to say that you FAIL at Google

I think its time for you to hand your Parent card to your daughter

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: invidia
cut a hole through it.


cutting is not equal to tearing

:laugh:

 

[CPA]

damn, I learned this one when I was in elementary school almost 30 years ago.