Estimating Materials - Calculated Industries MEASURE MASTER CLASSIC 4015 User Manual

Estimating Materials

Calculating Lumber
How many 2 feet 2 inch pieces can be
made from fifteen 10 foot boards?
Steps
Clear calculator
Enter board length 10 [Feet]
Divide by
smaller cuts
Multiply by total number of
10 foot boards
Estimating Bricks
How many standard bricks (3.75 inch
by 8 inch) are required for a 36.5 foot by
8 foot wall?
Steps
Clear calculator
Find brick area
Store in memory
Find wall area
Divide by brick area to find
number of bricks [÷] [Rcl] [M+] [=] 1401.6 (Bricks)
Add 5% spoilage
Clear memory
Keystrokes
[On/C] [On/C]
[÷] 2 [Feet] 2 [Inch]
[=]
4 [x] 15 [=]
(2 feet 2 inch pieces)
Keystrokes
[On/C] [On/C]
3.75 [Inch] [x]
8 [Inch] [=]
[M+]
36.5 [Feet] [x]
8 [Feet] [=]
[+] 5 [%] 1471.68 (1472 Bricks)
[Rcl] [Rcl] [On/C] or [Set] [x] 0.
(or 4 whole boards)
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