Units of paper quantity Simon Winchester, in "The Surgeon of Crowthorne", cites a specific number, defining quire as "a booklet eight pages thick." Several European words for quire keep the meaning of "book of paper": Ger. "Buch von Papier", Dan. "bog papir", Du. "bock papier". In blankbook binding, "quire" is a term indicating 80 pages. A ream of paper is a quantity of sheets of the same size and quality. International standards organizations define the ream as 500 identical sheets. This ream of 500 sheets (20 quires of 25 sheets) is also known as a 'long' ream, and is gradually replacing the old value
Paper size the sheet of paper is folded in half widthwise, let "c" be the length of the new short side: "c" = . If we take the ratio of the newly folded paper we have: formula_3 Therefore, the aspect ratio is preserved for the new dimensions of the folded paper. Weights are easy to calculate as well: a standard A4 sheet made from 80 g/m paper weighs 5 g (as it is of an A0 page, measuring 1 m), allowing one to easily compute the weight—and associated postage rate—by counting the number of sheets used. The advantages of basing a paper