Question

Out of 10 quire paper, 1 gross paper was used for printing. How many papers remained in stock?

Answer 1

Hint: This question is a really very easy question if you know the definition of the ‘gross’ in gross paper. You also need to know the definition of ‘quire’ in quire paper. We must understand that by definition it does not mean the “sentence or wording” definition, but rather, the relation between the given such quantities, for instance, one dozen of something means 12 units of that something. Similarly, we must know the definition of the ‘gross’ and ‘quire’ in the quire papers and gross paper respectively. After that, it’s just basic subtraction.

Complete step-by-step answer:
In this question, we must remember the definition of the words used in primitive grouping.
1 dozen paper = 12 sheets of paper
1 gross paper = 12 dozen paper = 144 sheets of paper
1 great gross paper = 12 gross paper = 144 dozen paper = 1728 sheets of paper
1 quire paper = 24 sheets of paper
1 ream paper = 20 quire paper = 480 sheets of paper
1 score paper = 20 sheets of paper
So, total available sheets of paper = 10 quire paper = 240 sheets of paper
Paper used in printing = 1 gross paper = 144 sheets of paper
So, remaining number of paper = 240 - 144 = 96 sheets of paper
Hence, the number of papers in the remaining stock is 96.
So, the correct answer is “96”.

Note: So, we saw that in solving questions like these the only thing which we need to know is the relation between the values of the words used in the primitive groupings. A thing we can use as a help is that any of the values of the words used in the primitive groupings representing a given entity is always a multiple of 12 of that given entity. What this means is that gross, quire, dozen, et cetera, of something, all are equal to a multiple of 12 of that something. So, if we have written something which is not a multiple of 12, we need to correct it.