Question

A ream of paper is 500 sheets. Mr. Perez puts 1/4 of the ream in his printer. He stores 2/3 of the remaining ream and divides the rest of the paper equally among his 25 students. How many sheets of paper does each student get?

Answer 1

Each student would get 25 sheets of paper.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mr. Perez starts out with 500 sheet. He puts 1/4 in the printer. That leaves 3/4 that he did not put in the printer.

3/4 x 500 = 375.

He take 2/3 of the 375 sheets and stores them. This leaves 1/3 of 375 sheet to hand out to students.

1/3 x 375 = 125

He has 125 sheets to share among 25 students.

125/5 = 25

Answer 2

Each student gets 5 sheets of paper.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many sheets of paper each student gets, we need to follow the steps given in the problem.

1. Mr. Perez puts 1/4 of the ream (500 sheets) in his printer, which is 500 * 1/4 = 125 sheets.
2. The remaining ream of paper is 500 - 125 = 375 sheets.
3. He stores 2/3 of the remaining ream, which is 375 * 2/3 = 250 sheets.
4. The rest of the paper is divided equally among his 25 students, so each student gets 125 / 25 = 5 sheets of paper.

Therefore, each student gets 5 sheets of paper.