Concrete
Use your Construction Master™ to calculate volume of concrete for driveways, columns, footings, and complex shapes.

Related functions:
Examples:

1. Find the Cubic Yards of concrete required to pour a driveway with the following dimensions: 36 Feet 3 Inches long by 11 Feet 6 Inches wide by 4 Inches deep. If concrete costs $55 per Cubic Yard, what is the total cost?

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[Clear] [Clear] 0.
36 [Feet] 3 [Inch] 36 FEET - 3 INCH
[×] 11 [Feet] 6 [Inch] 11 FEET - 6 INCH
[=] 416.875
SQUARE FEET
[×] 4 [Inch] [=] 5.146605
CUBIC YARD
[×] 55 [Conv] [0] (Cost) Total Cost $ 283.06


2. Find the Cubic Yards of concrete required to pour five columns, if each has a diameter of 3 Feet 4-1/2 Inches and a height of 11 Feet 6 Inches. Use the default weight of 1.5 Tons per Cubic Yard for this example.

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[Clear] [Clear] 0.
3 [Feet]
4 [Inch] 1 [/] 2		 3 FEET - 4 1/2 INCH
[Circ] [Circ] Area
8.946176
SQUARE FEET
11 [Feet] 6 [Inch]
[Height]		 Height
11 FEET - 6 INCH
[Conv] [Circ] (Column/Cone) Column Volume
102.881 CUBIC FEET
[Conv] [Yds] 3.810408
CUBIC YARD
[×] 5 [=] 19.05204
CUBIC YARD


3. Find the volume of concrete required for a 16-Inch by 8-Inch footing that measures 232 Feet 6 Inches in length. Then find the volume of five footings of the same size. Remember to reset to the default Footing Area by pressing [Conv] [×] after the example.

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[Clear] [Clear] 0.
16 [Inch] [×] 8 [Inch] [=] [Store] [6] (Footing Area) Footing Area STORED
128. SQUARE INCH
232 [Feet] 6 [Inch] [Conv] [Width] (Footing) Footing Volume
7.654321
CUBIC YARD
[×] 5 [=] 38.2716
CUBIC YARD
[Conv] [×] ALL CLEARED


4. You're going to pour an odd-shaped patio 4-1/2 Inches deep with the dimensions shown below. Calculate the total area (by dividing the drawing into three rectangles) and determine the total Yards of concrete required. Then, find the total cost, if concrete costs $45 per Cubic Yard.



Step 1: Find area of Part "A" and store into Memory.

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[Clear] [Clear] 0.
24 [Feet] 6 [Inch] [-] 24 FEET - 6 INCH
7 [Feet] [=] 17 FEET - 6 INCH
[×] 27 [Feet] [=] 472.5 SQUARE FEET
[M+] M+ 472.5 SQUARE FEET M


Step 2: Find area of Part "B" and store into Memory.

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7 [Feet] 7 FEET M
[×] 9 [Feet] [=] 63. SQUARE FEET M
[M+] M+ 63. SQUARE FEET M


Step 3: Find area of Part "C" and store into Memory.

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9 [Feet] 9 FEET M
[×] 9 [Feet] [=] 81. SQUARE FEET M
[M+] M+ 81. SQUARE FEET M


Step 4: Find the total Area, Cubic Yards, and Total Cost.

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[Rcl] [Rcl] M+ 616.5 SQUARE FEET
[×] 4 [Inch] 1 [/] 2 [=] 8.5625 CUBIC YARD
[×] 45 [Conv] [0] (Cost) Total Cost $ 385.31


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