Before we answer the question we must first:1. Assess what we have so far.2. Know what we need to find.3. Solve.4. Conclude. Step 1: What we have so far.*Price of a ream of paper = $4.00 *No. of sheets of paper in a ream = 500pcs. *A sheet of paper weighs = 0.50oz Step 2: What we need to find.*The price of 1lb (pound) of paper = ? Step 3: Solve.*1lb = 16oz Know how many papers are there in 1lb: *1lb = 16oz *1 sheet of paper = 0.50oz *16oz of paper = 32 pcs of paper. Because 16 divided by 0.50 is = 32. *1lb of paper = 32 pcs of paper.
Know how the weight of a ream of paper: *Ream of paper has 500 papers. *32 papers = 1lb 500 divided by 32 = 15.625 *Weight of a ream is 15.625lb.
Know how much a pound (lb) of paper is: *A ream of paper costs $4.00. *A ream of paper weighs 15.625lb. 4.00 divided by 15.625 = 0.256 *Cost per pound (lb) of paper = $0.256 or $0.26 or 26 cents.
Step 4: Conclusion.After successfully doing the steps above, we can now conclude that the cost per pound of paper is $0.256 or $0.26 or 26 cents.
