Grammage is specified in avoirdupois pounds and the sheet count of a paper ream is usually 500 sheets. However, the mass specified is not the mass of the ream that is sold to the customer. Instead, it is the mass of the uncut "basis ream" in which the sheets have some larger size (parent size). Often, this is a size used during the manufacturing process before the paper was cut to the dimensions in which it is sold. So, to compute the mass per area, one must know The standard dimensions and sheet count of a ream vary according to the
Roger Ream Virginia Engalitcheff Outstanding Young American at the program. During the summer he interned for Congressman Philip M. Crane (R-Ill). Upon graduation from college, Ream returned to Washington to work for the American Conservative Union, then opening up the campaign operations for the Phil Crane for President committee in 1978. He left there to join the senior staff and serve as director of seminars at the Foundation for Economic Education in Irvington, N.Y. Returning to Washington in 1982, Ream joined the staff of Rep. Ron Paul (Tex), handling tax and budget policy issues. In 1984, Ream helped found and served as