A piece of printing paper usually weighs between 60-120 grams. The normal weight should not exceed more than 160 grams. If the weight of the material exceeds 160 grams, then it can be considered a card. It is better to know the different methods used to find the weight of the paper. Example, in the United States, people mainly assign weight in terms of ream, which is composed of 500 sheets. As an example, a ream of 20 pounds paper with the size of 8.5 by 11 inches has a weight of five pounds.
That depends on the weight of the paper. Thicker 20 pound paper weighs more than thinner 18 pound paper.
.16 to .18 ounces if it's regular 20 lb. printer paper... notebook paper is thinner, though, so it weighs less... I'm not sure what weight it is or I could do the math for you real quick...
20 times its weight in liquid
20 pounds
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.
Paper measured by weight is in pounds, as in so many pounds per 500 sheets of it's parent size. For example Bond paper's basis size is 34"x22" and 500 sheets will weight 20 lbs, and a ream (500 sheets) of 20 lb bond sized 8 1/2 x 11 inches will weight about 2 and a half pounds.
"20 pound paper" means that a ream of the paper (500 sheets) weighs 20 pounds. This weight measure is used to indicate the thickness and durability of the paper, with higher weight papers being thicker and sturdier.
Paper in the United States is calculated as 500 sheets of bond paper with a size of 17" by 22" (ledger-size) as having a weight of 20 pounds. The manufacturer cuts a ledger-sheet into four 8 ½" by 11" (letter-size) sheets, so a 500 letter-size sheet ream of 20-pound bond paper weighs 5 pounds.
400 pounds = 20 reams X 20lbs/Ream
I was just wandering this! It says 20 lbs, so we tested it in our science lab. 10 Sheets weighs 46 grams. Doing dimensional analysis, you end up with 5.07 lbs/ream! Well before a ream of paper is cut down to its 8.5x11 in sheets it is formed in huge sheets. This 20lb weight comes from what 500 of the large sheets would weigh before cutting them down. this gives you the weight, or thickness of the sheets. ie. 20lb, 24lb or 28lb.
It means the weight of 500 sheets of the basis paper used to make the finished product. For instance, standard 8-1/2" X 11" paper is actually cut from a 17" X 22" basis, which produces 4 sheets when cut. So, 500 sheets of 17" X 22" paper that weighs 20 pounds would be 20 lb paper. Once it is cut and packaged for sale, 500 sheets no longer weighs 20 pounds, so the number becomes a guide for you to judge the relative thickness of different papers.
There are 500 sheets in a 20-lb. ream of paper.
20 lb. bond paper isn't 20 pounds of bond paper, but rather the basis weight, which measures the density of the paper based on how heavy 500 sheets of that paper is. A single sheet of this type of paper is, on average, 4/1000 of an inch thick.
Two of the most common paper measures are quire (25 sheets) and ream (500 sheets, or 20 quires).
A ream of paper is a quantity of the same size and quality, 1 ream is 20 quires or 500 sheets
While paper thickness varies by 'weight' and even brand, 20# bond regular copy paper will take about 250 sheets to be 1 inch thick.