Question

A ream of paper contains 500 sheets of paper. Norm has 373 sheets of paper left from a ream. Express the portion of a ream Norm has as a fraction and as a decimal.

Answer 1

Answer: In fraction :
`(373)/(500)`

In Decimal : 0.746

Explanation:

Given : A ream of paper contains 500 sheets of paper.

Norm has 373 sheets of paper left from a ream.

Then, the fraction of ream Norm has will be :-

`\frac{\text{Number of sheets left from ream }}{\text{Total sheets in a ream }}\\\\=(373)/(500)`

To convert in decimal we divide 373 by 500, we get 0.746.

Hence, The portion of a ream Norm has as =
`(373)/(500)` or 0.746