Calculating Cubic Meters

yop

Lads

How would man calculate cubic meters?? Blonde question possibly!!!

For example room that is 15ft * 14ft which needs 4" of screed?

Alun

Jeez, can't people do basic maths any more? I assume you know that 1" = 2.54cm or 0.0254m.

Sooooo ...

15' = 15*12*0.0254m = 4.572m
14' = 14*12*0.0254m = 4.267m
4" = 4*0.0254m = 0.102m

4.572*4.267*0.102=1.989m^3 (call it 2 )

rubadub

http://www.convert-me.com/en/

Cushtie

google is handy for doing conversions aswell, eg to convert 15 feet to metres simply type in 15ft in m to the google search box and it will do the coversion for you. works for a good few conversions

yop

thanks lads, couldn't get Google to give me an answer on that though!! grand for "straight forward" conversions

Alun

Alternatively you could have just measured the room in metres in the first place anyway I haven't mesaured anything in feet and inches in the last 20 years or so. 4" is about 10cm, so just multiply the two dimensions and divide by 10, easy peasy.

yop

or just use http://www.goldtrowel.org/Calculator.htm