10 lbs. The 20 lb. weight refers to the weight of a ream of C size paper, which is 4 times the size of letter paper, or twice the size you ask about.
The weight of a ream of paper depends on the kind of paper. A ream is 500 sheets. The weight for 500 sheets of 24 lb., 11 inch x 17 inch book paper would be 4.72 pounds. A ream of 20 lb. 8.5 inch by 11 inch letter-size paper weights 5.00 pounds.
A ream is a fixed unit of measure, currently set at 500 sheets of paper. At one time it was 480. A printer's ream is 516 sheets.
Cigarettes vary by weight as much as 10%. But a single cigarette weighs about 1 gram.
a ream of cigarettes is usually defined by a total of 10 packs or packets, which usually contain 20 cigarettes each, making it 200 cigarettes per ream. however, with the existence of 10 cigarette packets, the no of cigarettes per ream has been in dispute. many hold that 200 cigarettes is still the standard for reams of tobacco
A Ream is a measure of the NUMBER of sheets of paper (500 sheets) How thick that would be will depend on the weight of the paper. Heavier paper is thicker.
a *REAM of card stock will vary in price depending on thickness and where it is purchased. While a ream is technically 500 sheets, it can be hard to find packs larger than 250, a package of 250 sheets at 110gsm(the weight of said paper,common weight) costs around 13 dollars in USD.
For 80 gsm paper, it is approx 2.495 kilograms.
You don't use a ream size for linerboard. The weight is per 1000 square feet of board. EI 42# liner weights 42#s per MSF (thousand square feet).
The collective noun 'ream' is used for a ream of paper or a ream of bureaucrats.
It is 24 or 25 pieces of paper, it can depend. The definition of a quire is 1/20th of a 'ream'. A ream of writing paper is 500 sheets, a ream of 'short' paper is 480 sheets, hence the minor difference.
If you divide the total cost ($49) by the number of reams (10), you get $/ream (dollars per ream).