Manual

46 — CONSTRUCTION MASTER
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PRO
BLOCKS/BRICKS
Number of Blocks (not available on LT and Trig
Plus III)
You are building an “L” shaped retaining wall out of standard 8-inch x
16-inch size blocks (note: default block size). One side of the retain-
ing wall is 22 feet long, and the other side is 15 feet 8 inches long. The
wall is to be 4 feet high. How many blocks are required to build this
wall? Add a 5% waste allowance.
Keystroke Display
1. Find wall area:
[On/C] [On/C] 0.
[Rcl] [Block]* B_AR 128. SQ INCH
22 [Feet] [+] 15 [Feet] 8 [Inch] [x] 37 FEET 8 INCH
4 [Feet] [=] 150.6667 SQ FEET
2. Find the number of blocks and add 5% waste allowance:
[Conv] [Block] BLKS 169.5
[+] 5 [%] 177.975
*If [Rcl] [Block] does not result in 128 square inches, then enter
the following:
8 [Inch] [x] 16 [Inch] [=] 128. SQ INCH
[Stor] [Block] B_AR 128. SQ INCH
-OR-
128 [Stor] [Block] B_AR 128. SQ INCH