Units of paper quantity Units of paper quantity Various measures of paper quantity have been and are in use. Although there are no S.I. units such as quires and bales, there are ISO and DIN standards for the ream. Expressions used here include U.S. Customary units. A quire of paper is a measure of paper quantity. The usual meaning is 25 sheets of the same size and quality: of a ream of 500 sheets. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while quires of 24 sheets are often used for handmade or specialised paper of 480-sheet reams. (As an old UK
Norman B. Ream from its fire in 1871. Additionally, he served on the Board of Trustees of the Field Columbian Museum in Chicago. Meanwhile, his wife attended fundraisers for Bryn Mawr College, a women's college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Ream married Caroline Thompson Putnam in 1876 in Madison, New York. They resided at 1901 Prairie Avenue in Chicago. They had several children. One of his sons, Robert Ream, married Mabel Wrightson, the daughter of Reverend W. G. Wrightson and sister of Harry Wrightson, in Cuckfield, West Sussex, in 1907. Another son, Louis, who graduated from Princeton University and worked for the New York