![]() ![]() Sorry pal, I have a golden rule of never answering people who are difficult and confrontational, first directive in dealing with people who think they are so very important and you have been called out on this so many times I have lost count, I have even had PMs from people saying to just click the Ignore feature. So, please tell me how that isn't reasonable. I was taught that decades ago, back in high school. It doesn't matter whether it's more prevalent locally to use pounds and ounces, or catties and taels, as the units of weight (or mass) that conversion is the final step. The logical approach would be to do form an understanding and do all the calculations in SI units, and at the last step, if the local post office will only deal in some non-SI unit, do the required conversion in order to communicate (and/or work) effectively with the staff or system there. The dimensions of each sheet is also given in SI units (mm). The paper weight is given for Rhodia products by its manufacturer in SI units (g/m²), usually on the product and/or packaging itself. Grams per square metre (gsm, or g/m²), is a derived SI unit.Īnne-Sophie was asking about Rhodia pads. ![]() The gram is an SI unit of measurement, which is an international standard. Did you even read her query/thread? I've explained to her exactly what I would do if I was in the US and have to work with the local standard units of measurement. I'm not sure what your problem with it is. I am not sure that the above post is being either reasonable or kind in response to a genuine enquiry Anne-Sophie, As it's stated on the page at http ://(suggested above, for a conversion chart): A conversion chart isn't nearly as helpful as declaring what the "basis" for A4 paper is. ![]() One ream of 500 sheets of 100gsm paper would therefore weigh 3.1185kg, or 6 7/ 8 _pounds, but that doesn't seem to compare to anything sensible when looking at the common basis weights of printer/copier paper sold in the US. A4 is 210x297mm, and hence the surface area is 0.06237m² per sheet. Grams per square metre applies to any size, and someone can ask for uncommon sheet sizes in Australia, Europe or Japan and still make a meaningful comparison, whereas if someone in the US is looking for A4 standard (as opposed to "standard A4", with due respect to the fact that A4 is a universal standard but isn't what people in the US use commonly or as standard practice) sheets or notebooks for whatever reason, using the basis weight just confuses. ![]()
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