Miscellaneous
Buying concrete
Units
Trivia
100

You have calculated how much concrete your concrete pad needs. When purchasing concrete, to what place do you round that calculated amount?

To the greatest half (of a cubic yard)

100

What is the cost of concrete if I have 2 yd3 and the cost for every half cubic yard is $110?

$440

100

In what unit is concrete measured by?

Cubic yards

100

This is the value of acceleration due to gravity on Earth.

9.81 m/s2 (9.8 m/s2 is also acceptable)


200

When laying out a concrete pad, the pieces of rebar should be spaced this far apart from one another.

2ft

200

If I need a total amount of 33.51 yd3 how much concrete should I order?

34 yd3

200

The conversion factor from cubic feet to cubic yards.

Divide by 27 // 27ft= 1yd3

200

What are the first 10 digits of pi?

3.141592653.

300

18ft x 24ft x 7in      7/12=0.5   18 x 24 x 0.5= 216 

216/27=8 yd3  

This student did this incorrectly. Of which part did he do incorrectly, and if done correctly what is the correct cubic yards?

When dividing he didn't round to the nearest tenth and the answer is 10 yd3

300

Take the equation 12ft x 14ft x 4in. and calculate the amount of concrete needed.

2 yd3

300

In what ways can Cubic yards be written? Get at least 3.

yd3, cu yd, CY, cu yards