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In this page, learn a practical skill and a surprising bit of magic with a t-shirt.

How to Fold a T-Shirt

A t-shirt ready to fold

Learn how to fold a t-shirt in just a few seconds by clicking on this link to wikiHow.com. How is this math? It's topology, a branch of mathematics that involved with the properties of a geometric figure or solid that doesn't change by stretching, bending, or with other distortions.


Inside Out Activity

Person wearing t-shirt folded inside-out

A two-person activity

Materials: A large or extra-large T-shirt

  1. Get a partner. Have your partner put on a large T-shirt on top of her shirt or blouse.
  2. Have your partner clasp her hands together.
  3. Without unclasping your partner's hands, perform magic (some manipulation) to get the T-shirt on your partner inside out with your partner's clasped hands outside of the T-shirt.

Images from wikiHow.com (second photo was modified)

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