Question

A long year-end status report for work is 158 pages long. You need to print 18 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams (500 pages) for $3.88 each.$____

Answer 1

$22.07

Explanation:

To know the money to spend in total, we must know the amount of ream to buy.

To determine how many reams to buy, we need to calculate the total number of pages.

Given:

Number of pages per report = 158 copies

Number of copies of reports needed = 18

Cost per ream = $3.88

We can calculate the total number of pages, multiplying the number of pages per report by the number of copies of the report, just like this:

`158\cdot18=2844\text{ pages}`

Now, we calculate the number of reams:

`2844\text{ pages}\cdot\frac{1\text{ ream}}{500\text{ pages}}=5.688\text{ reams }`

A total of 5.688 reams must be purchased, which in money would be:

`5.688\text{ reams}\cdot\frac{\text{ \$3.88}}{1\text{ ream}}=\text{ \$}22.07`

The cost for these reports would be $22.07