Volume/Weight Calculations
Concrete Footing
Find the total volume of concrete
required to pour five 24 inch by 12 inch
footings, each 2 feet deep. Then find the
weight of the concrete (use the default
weight factor of 1.5 tons per cubic yard).
Steps
Keystrokes
Display
All Clear
[Conv] [x]
0.
Recall weight
per cubic yard [Rcl] [%]
1.5
TON PER CU YD
1 — Find Volume
Enter depth
2 [Feet]
2
FEET
Mult. by length
[x] 24 [Inch]
24
INCH
Mult. by width
[x] 12 [Inch] [=]
4
CU FEET
Convert to yards [Conv] [Yds]
0.148148
CU YD
Multiply by
5 footings
[x] 5 [=]
0.740741
CU YD
2 — Find the Weight of Concrete
Find tons
[Conv] [Weight]
1.111111
TON
Find pounds
[Weight]
2222.222
LB
Find metric tons [Weight]
MET
1.007983
TON
Find kilograms
[Weight]
1007.983
K
G
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