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Volume Calculations
Rectangular Containers
What is the volume of a container 3 feet
by 1 foot 9-5/8 inches by 2 feet 4 inches?
Steps Keystrokes Display
Clear calculator [On/C] [On/C] 0.
Enter length 3 [Feet] 3 FEET
Multiply by width [x] 1 [Feet] 9 [Inch]
5 [/] 8 1 FEET 9-5/8 INCH
Multiply by height [x] 2 [Feet]
4 [Inch] [=] 12.61458 CU FEET
Shipping Containers
You have a dry freight container that is 20
feet x 8 inches x 8 feet 6 inches. How many
3 foot x 2 foot x 1 foot boxes will fit in it?
Steps Keystrokes Display
Clear calculator [On/C] [On/C] 0.
Find box volume 3 [Feet] [x] 2 [Feet]
[x] 1 [Feet] [=] 6.
CU FEET
Store into Memory [M+] M 6. CU FEET
Find container 20 [Feet] [x] 8 [Feet]
volume [x] 8 [Feet] 6 [Inch] [=]
1360.
CU FEET
Divide by box
volume to find
number of boxes
[÷] [Rcl] [M+] [=] M 226.6667
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