User guide

Estimating Materials
Calculating Lumber
How many 2 feet 2 inch pieces can be
made from fifteen 10 foot boards?
Steps Keystrokes Display
Clear calculator [On/C] [On/C] 0.
Enter board length 10 [Feet] 10
FEET
Divide by [÷] 2 [Feet] 2 [Inch]
smaller cuts [=] 4.615385
(or 4 whole boards)
Multiply by total number of
10 foot boards 4 [x] 15 [=] 60
(2 feet 2 inch pieces)
Estimating Bricks
How many standard bricks (3.75 inch
by 8 inch) are required for a 36.5 foot by
8 foot wall?
Steps Keystrokes Display
Clear calculator [On/C] [On/C] 0.
Find brick area 3.75 [Inch] [x]
8 [Inch] [=] 30
SQ INCH
Store in memory [M+] M 30 SQ INCH
Find wall area 36.5 [Feet] [x]
8 [Feet] [=] 292
SQ FEET
Divide by brick area to find
number of bricks
[÷] [Rcl] [M+] [=] 1401.6 (Bricks)
Add 5% spoilage [+] 5 [%] 1471.68 (1472 Bricks)
Clear memory [Rcl] [Rcl] [On/C] or [Set] [x] 0.
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