Folding and Cutting a Square
Problem
Solution
As a matter of fact, regardless of the sequence of moves, the result is always eight cuts midway between the grid lines:
One proof is by induction.
Acknowledgment
The problem is not original but unfortunately I can't recollect the source.
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