Estimating Materials - Calculated Industries Pocket Handyman IV User Manual

ple, "10,000,000 mm" cannot be dis-
played because it is out of the range of the
7-digit display, so "10,000 m" will be dis-
played instead. This auto-ranging also
applies to other dimensional units, such as
inches to feet, feet to yards, etc.

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
Mult. by total # of
10 foot boards
Keystrokes
[On/C] [On/C]
[÷] 2 [Feet] 2 [Inch]
[=]
(or 4 whole boards)
4 [x] 15 [=]
(2 feet 2 inch pieces)
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