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Calculate How Many Board Feet

You are to load a consignment of lumber. Each piece measure 3-inches thick, 12-inches wide and 16-feet long. There are 30,000 pieces in the shipment. How many board feet would be listed on the Bill of Lading?

Given:

Measurement of each stick: 3 in 12 in 16 ft
Total number of sticks = 30,000 pieces

What is asked:

Number of board feet

Solution:

One board feet is equal to 1 ft lenght × 1 ft width × 1 in height.

1. We have to calculate how many board feet in one stick.

      Board feet =× W × H  
                                12
                       =× 12 × 16 
                                 12
                       = 48 board feet in one stick

2. Since there are a total of 30,000 pieces of the same kind of stick, so

       30,000 sticks  ×  48 board feet  = 1,440,000 total board feet
                                  1 stick 




                 

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