Question

How do you translate “the answer of pages in R reams of paper in each team has \[500\] pages” into an algebraic expression?

Answer 1

Hint: We are given a statement which we have to write in an equation form. We are given that a ream consists of 500 pages and so what will be the number of pages in R reams of paper. It will be R times the number of pages in one ream. Hence, we have the number of pages of R reams.

Complete step-by-step answer:
According to the given question, we are asked to write an algebraic expression for the given statement.
Ream is usually referred to a bundle or large quantity of paper. And we are given the question that one ream of paper consists of 500 pages.
So, for R reams of paper, the number of pages is R times the number of pages present in one ream of paper.
We can use the unitary method here,
One ream of paper consists of \[\to 500\]pages
The ream of paper consists of \[\to \dfrac{500}{1}\times R=500R\]pages.
In order to understand the question, let’s assume that \[R=3\],
So, we have to find the number of pages in 3 reams, that is,
One ream of paper consists of \[\to 500\]pages
3 ream of paper consists of \[\to \dfrac{500}{1}\times 3=1500\] pages.
Therefore, for R reams the number of pages is \[500R\].

Note: Since, we were given the number of pages present in one ream, so it was easy to compute the number of pages present in R reams of paper. But if the question had the number of pages for quantities greater than one ream then in that case, first we have to find the number of pages present in one ream and then proceed to find the number of pages present in R reams of paper.