A long year end status report for work is 108 pages long. You need to print 19 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper (500 pages) for $ 3.69 each

A total of

108*19 = 2052

pages will be printed. We suppose paper will be purchased in reams of 500 pages each, so

ceiling (2052/500) = ceiling (4.104) = 5

reams will be needed. The the cost will be

(5 reams) * ($3.69/ream) = $18.45

The paper for the reports will cost $18.45.