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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by mattkrause on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:27PM (#32726126)
Not the number, but the "thing" itself.

It's a snap to fold a piece of paper in half, thirds[0], quarters, sixths, eighths, (etc), but I'm not aware of a trick that lets you divide a sheet into tenths.

[0] Higher powers of three seem tricky too.

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