Any piece of paper may be used to create a flexagon. Thin paper often works better for flexing purposes than thick paper. Unprinted flexagons, the kind made from a blank piece of paper are better suited to decoration than printed flexagons.
a.) | For an 8 1/2" by 1 1 " sheet of paper, solve for W, the width: | |||
length ------ width | 11 ------ ![]() | = |
11 inches ------ W inches | |
W =
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b.) | For a W by L sheet of paper, solve for W, the width: | |||
length ------ width | 11 ------ ![]() | = |
L inches ------ W inches | |
W =
![]() For a "W by L" sheet of paper, the desired width is .1575 of the length of the paper. | ||||
c.) | For an 11 " by 17" sheet of paper, the desired width is 2.6768 or a small bit more than 2 2/3". |
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