How many packets of 50 sheets of A4 paper does the average tree produce?

Question

Ok Duke, my error. I meant to say 500 sheets (or a ream, if you're English).

Answer 1

100 dear heart.

Answer 2

none a tree will produce more  trees

Answer 3

Why do you want to know? It doesn't make the destruction of the tree any more viable/worth while or Eco friendly.

Answer 4

Paper comes in packs of 500 sheets.

Answer 5

200?

Answer 6

1 ream (500 sheets) uses 6% of a tree.

Answer 7

It is probably hard to get an exact number, but here is how I would start answer to this question: First, we have to define what a "tree" is. Is it a giant redwood tree or a little weeping willow? Most paper is made from pine trees, so I went out in the woods and looked at some pines.

Most are about 1 foot in diameter and 60 feet tall. Ignoring taper, that's about 81,430 cubic inches of wood:

pi * radius2 * length = volume

3.14 * 62 * (60 * 12) = 81,430

I have a 2x4-foot piece of lumber in the backyard. It weighs about 10 pounds and contains 504 cubic inches of wood. That means a pine tree weighs roughly 1,610 pounds (81430/504 * 10).

I know that in manufacturing paper, the wood is turned into pulp. The yield is about 50 percent -- about half of the tree is knots, lignin and other stuff that is no good for paper. So that means a pine tree yields about 805 pounds of paper. I have a ream of paper for a photocopier here and it weighs about 5 pounds and contains 500 sheets (you often see paper described as "20-pound stock" or "24-pound stock" -- that is the weight of 500 sheets of 17" x 22" paper). So, using these measurements, a tree would produce (805/5 * 500) 80,500 sheets of paper.

These are all fairly rough estimations, and I weighed things on a bathroom scale, but you get the general idea.

Here are some interesting links:

How Rainforests Work

Why do newspapers turn yellow over time?

How much does 20-pound bond paper weigh?

Why doesn't paper money disintegrate when it gets washed in the washing machine?

Answer 8

Depends how big the tree is

Answer 9

Most public LAVATORIES dint have any

Answer 10

at least 2 but it depends on the thickness on the paper. BUT normal its about 2