can someone tell me what the unit of paper measurement,Quire is. And tell me where to find LOTS of info on it

Question

LOTS OF INFORMATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

A quire of paper is used as a measure of paper quantity. The usual meaning today is a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality. It might also be thought of as 1/20 of a ream.

Historically, it has had other meanings:

A quire was originally an unfolded stack of 4 sheets of vellum or parchment, which (depending on the method used) would form an 8- or 16-page booklet when stitched and folded. Back then, the terms quaternion or quaternum were more commonly used.

The current word 'quire' was derived when quaternum was shortened to "quair" or "guaer" in common usage. Afterwards, when bookmaking switched to using paper and it became possible to easily stitch 5 to 7 sheets at a time, the association of "quaire" with "four" was quickly lost.

It also became the name for any booklet small enough to be made from a single quire of paper. Simon Winchester, in The Surgeon of Crowthorne, cites a specific number, defining quire as "a booklet eight pages thick."

In blankbook binding, quire is a term indicating 80 pages.



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Answer 2

A quire is usually 24-25 papers.

Answer 3

The purpose of homework is to learn how to do research for yourself, because you won't always have people around to spoon-feed it to you. You could have had all the information you need by starting with a dictionary (a Merriam-Webster for preference; no home should be without one), and progessing from there to an encyclopedia. Avoid Wikepedia like the plague. Since anyone can edit any article at any time, you can never be sure that the information is accurate, or that someone hasn't deliberately distorted the information. For this reason, teachers don't consider it a reliable source of information.

BTW, you could have had your information in about 15-20 minutes doing it the 'old-fashioned way'...

Answer 4

1/20th of a ream usually 24 or 25 sheets.

http://www.sizes.com/units/quire.htm

Answer 5

try wikipedia