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Q. You're in charge of filling out the office supply purchase orders for your company. If you need
20,000 sheets of paper, and one ream of paper equals 500 sheets, where will you get the best deal?

Answer 1

20,000/50 = 4000

Explanation:

this would be a division problem. You see, if you need 20,000 sheets of paper, and one ream of paper equals 500 sheets. Then you need to have to divide the two numbers. The answer should come out as 400.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

40 reams of paper is the best choice.

Explanation:

According to the problem, we need 20,000 sheets of paper. One ream of paper has 500 sheets. So, we can elaborate a relation that expresses this

`500x=20000`

Where
`x` refers to the number of reams we need to have 20,000 sheets of paper. Solving the equation, we have

`500x=20000\\x=(20000)/(500)= 40`

Therefore, we need 40 reams of paper to have all 20,000 sheets of paper we need.