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Answer: 17


Counting back to page 1
 

 

68 pages
68$\div$4 = 17 sheets


Summing the page numbers
Moving away from the middle of the newspaper:
         ...etc...         
   8 + 61 = 69        7 + 62 = 69        6 + 63 = 69                                 1 + 68 = 69

68 pages
68$\div$4 = 17 sheets




This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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