On Thursday, 23 February 2017 01:15:53 UTC, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:34:42 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:


So why count them at all , why not just guess.

Because I'd be out by a huge margin.

I can understand that what with you head butting things because you don't know how high they are.

So you can pick up a lump of paper and say "there are about 150 sheets here"?

I can do that without a micrometer.
Why not gove them a new ream and say there;s about 200 sheets there, or just take about 75% from the pack and say there;s about 150 sheets.
Would we remain in the EU if you didn;lt guess right, what disaster would happen if you gave someone 140 sheets rather than 150 ?



Your 50mm = 500 sheets = 1 ream exactly, so that's fine.

except it measures 54cm and there's a few pages short

54cm?!

sorry meant 54mm
try measuring a ream of paper.


So is 8% accuracy OK ?

Where are you getting 8% from?

4mm is about 8% of 50mm



Not sure how accuratly you need to count out 200 pages
is +/- 16 pages OK

Yes.

So how accurate do you need to be in selection 150 sheets ..




It's warmer today and the same ream of paper measure 54cm.

Do you counting measurement allow for gaps between pages ?

I only needed to know roughly.

That's what I would have thought I doubt you're asked to supply 150 sheets to the ISS where handing them 160 sheets might have an effect on the overall payload.

I usually put one or two reams into a printer if two reams won't fit I just grab a some more of the second ream and add them until the tray is almost full.
If anyone comes to me they usaully say have you got an A4 paper (sometimes A3)
they rarely ask me for a specific number unless perhaps one sheet.
Maybe after artical 50 we'll need to account for every sheet and perhaps peole will come to me asking for 150 sheets of A4 rather than just asking for a pack or so and I point them to where it's stored.