Calculated Industries 8545 - Manual (Page 29)

Simple Concrete Volume
You’re going to form up and pour your
own driveway and you need to accu-
rately calculate the cubic yards of con-
crete required for the job. The
measurements are 36’ 3” by 11’ 6” by
4”deep. What’s the volume of your dri-
veway, and if concrete costs $55 per
cubic yard, how much will the concrete
driveway cost?
Steps Keystrokes Display
Clear calculator [On/C] [On/C] 0.
1 — Find Volume
Enter length 36 [Feet]
3 [Inch]
36
FEET
- 3
INCH
Multiply by width [x] 11 [Feet]
6 [Inch]
11
FEET
- 6
INCH
Multiply by depth [x] 4 [Inch]
[=]
138.9583
CU FEET
Convert to cu yds [Conv] [Yds] 5.146605
CU YD
2 — Multiply by Cost
Multiply by price per cubic yard
to find total cost
[x] 55 [Conv] [•] $ 283.06
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