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Calculating volume of concrete, dirt, sand, anything. 2006-11-17
From Debbie:
[This article contains a special calculator to help you find the volume (for example, the cubic yards) of material required to fill (or empty) a space if you know the length, width and depth.]
We are wanting to pour a 24'x30' slab that is 5" deep. How many cubic yards of cement do we need?

Answered by Penny Nom.
A sand castle in the shape of a truncated cone 2020-05-23
From Summer:
A sand castle is in the shape of a truncated cone as shown. Calculate the length of the diameter of the base.
The diameter of the top of the truncated cone is 20cm
The height is 30cm
The slopes are 32cm

Answered by Penny Nom.
Conversing from tons to cubic yards 2019-08-03
From Kathleen:
Is there a simple formula to convert the following from tons to cubic yards:
Topsoil
Sand base
Fill dirt

Answered by Penny Nom.
Tons of sand 2017-03-01
From Elizabeth:
Hello my arena is 132.23 feet width by 132.23 feet length. I need to put 4 inches of sand. How many tons of sand do I need ?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Setting up a pool 2016-04-09
From BETH:
i am trying to cover an area for a 15x15 foot round pool with play sand before I set up the pool. My playsand bag is 50 lbs , says it covers .5 cubic feet per bag. How many bags do I need?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A cone is 2/3 full of sand 2014-12-14
From Janice:
A cone with a radius of 3.5 cm and a height of 12 cm is 2/3 full of sand.
What is the volume of the sand inside?

Answered by Penny Nom.
The density of sea sand 2014-11-02
From Lenny:
Hi There,

I need to find out the the density of sea sand to convert one metric ton to cubic meter as I am submitting for a tender which is in cubic meter but the requirement is in metric ton. I searched through the web site but no density of sea sand is given though there is specific Gravity of dry sand is available. I was given a density of 1.6 to work with. If that is true am I right to say that 1 cubic meter of sea sand is equivalent to 1.6 metric ton? Please help as I am getting confused with what I am able to find out on the web.
Thanks much in advance
Rgds
Lenny

Answered by Penny Nom.
Bags of sand 2014-06-06
From Robert:
We have a section that is 20ft long by 14ft wide and 4inches deep, the bags of sand are .5 cubic ft. How many bags of sand do we need to fill this space evenly.
Answered by Penny Nom.
How high must the trailer be filled with sand? 2012-08-06
From Deb:
Your customer has ordered 67 cubic yards of sand. The inside dimensions of your trailer are 40 feet long by 7 feet wide by 9 feet high. How high must the trailer be filled with sand? (Round up to the nearest inch.)
Answered by Penny Nom.
A sand box with 14 sides 2012-07-10
From Tom:
Want to build a sand box for a pool that is fourteen foot round wanted to make it in fourteen pieces of wood what angle would each piece be and how long would each piece be
Answered by Harley Weston.
An octagonal sandbox around a pool 2012-06-12
From Linda:
My pool is 15 feet across and it is round.

How do I measure to cut wood to build a sandbox around it? was thinking it will look like an octagon.

Thanks

Answered by Harley Weston.
Gravel, sand, cement and an equilateral triangle 2012-03-21
From saheed:
how many tonnes of gravel and sand,bags of cements will be required to concrete 5feet depth/deep of 4feet equilateral triangle?
Answered by Harley Weston.
Thickness of sand 2010-07-07
From RHONDA:
In an 18 x 33 ft area how much is 4 yards of sand in inches to cover this area.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Sand falling off a conveyer 2010-04-02
From Katherine:
sand is falling off a conveyer onto a pile at the rate of 1.5 cubic feet per minute. The diameter of the base is approximately twice the altitude. At what rate is the height of the pile changing when it is 10 feet high?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A pile of sand 2009-12-16
From Malik:
Sand is leaking out of a hole at the bottom of a container at a rate of 90cm3/min. As it leaks out, it forms a pile in the shape of a right circular cone whose base is 30cm below the bottom of the container. The base radius is increasing at a rate of 6mm/min. If, at the instant that 600cm3 have leaked out, the radius is 12cm, find the amount of leakage when the pile touches the bottom of the container.
Answered by Harley Weston.
Related rates 2008-10-16
From Gisela:
As sand leaks out of a hole in a container, it forms a conical pile whose altitude is always the same as its radius. If the height of the pile is increasing at a rate of 6 in/min, find the rate at which the sand is leaking out when the altitude is 10in.
Answered by Penny Nom.
The percentage of sand in a soil mixture 2008-09-05
From kristi:
2 m 3 of soil containing 35% sand was mixed into 6 m 4 of soil containing 15% sand. What is the sand content of the mixture?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Limit as it Approaches Infinity 2008-07-29
From mary:
i was trying to find the limit of this problem the limit as x approches infinity of x minus cosx divided by x lim x-cosx/x x->oo
Answered by Harley Weston.
How much sand do I order? 2008-07-15
From jackson:
We would like to put 2 inches of sand down. The pool is 24 feet. How much sand will we need? The person we spoke to yesterday was talking in tons, but on these sites it is talking cubic yards or feet. Please help. We would like to get the sand ordered so we can get the pool up!
Answered by Harley Weston.
Filling a hole with sand 2008-06-05
From greg:
I have a 18 ft. diameter circle and need to put 2 in. of sand in it i need to know how much sand in cubic yards and tons
Answered by Harley Weston.
.5 cu ft of sand to lbs. 2008-05-25
From rogersimmons:
needtocovert .5 cu ft. of sand into lbs.
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 13 cubic foot cylinder filled with sand 2008-04-12
From Thomas:
I have a 100 pound bag of sand. I need to know how much sand I will need to fill a 13 cubic foot cylinder
Answered by Harley Weston.
How many ten thousands makes one million? 2007-10-02
From Payton:
how many ten thousands makes one million?
Answered by Penny Nom.
How many tons of sand? 2007-06-19
From Richard:
I need to know how many tons of sand it would take to fill a container 20 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 6 inches deep. I am not sure of the makeup of the sand as far as dry, loose, wet, etc. If you could give me calculations of all the variants it would be appreciated.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
Converting mass of sand to volume (a sand ceremony) 2007-05-21
From Linda:
I'm getting married. We are having a sand ceremony. The empty bottle we are using holds 800ml. I have bags of colored sand. Each bag is 30g. There is 7 people participating in this ceremony. What I need to find out is how many grams of sand i need for 7 people to participate to fill this jar.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Constant rate of sand falling in a cone 2007-05-20
From Nhi:
Sand is falling into a conical pile . After 5 min. the pile has radius 24 and height 26 . After 7 min. tell how far the point c. is from the top of the cone (A).
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Cubic feet of sand 2007-05-09
From Paul:
I have an above ground pool that is 585 sq feet. I want to cover the bottom in 3 inches of sand. The sand supplier says I need about 6 cubic yards, based on your prior answers on this subject. I come up with 1.8 yards. What is the correct amount?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
A thousand, is it M or K? 2007-05-01
From Larry:
I have heard that Million is annotated as MM. But Ihave heard two answers for Thousands (K, M). Which is correct?
Answered by Penny Nom.
How many tons of sand is needed 2007-04-25
From Jennifer:
How many tons of sand is needed to cover 350 cubic square feet?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Concrete sand 2007-03-08
From david:
Can you tell me how much 4 cubic yards of concrete sand ways in tons? THANK YOU.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Cubic yards of sand 2006-09-20
From Michael:
How many compacted cubic yards of sand are there in 40 acres of land at a depth of 20 feet?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
10,000 Million sandwiches 2006-09-12
From A business person:
One of our customers said that the UK sells "10,000 Million" sandwiches annually in their take away restaurants... How many is this exactly?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
How many thousands are in ten million. 2006-08-24
From Echoe:
How many thousands are in ten million.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Cubic yards of sand 2006-05-26
From Steve:
I need to cover an area with sand that is 30 feet wide and 60 feet long and I need the depth of the sand to be 1/4 inch thick. How many cubic yards of sand will I need?
Answered by Penny Nom.
How many thousands make 1million? 2006-05-10
From Raj:
How many thousands make 1million?
Answered by Penny Nom.
I need to order sand for playgrounds 2006-01-18
From Jody:
I need to order sand for playgrounds. I have their square footage and the various depths of sand needed for each, but sand comes in tons.

What is the formula for converting square footage and depth to tons (for example: 6 inches of sand needed for a 200sq ft area = how many tons?)

Answered by Penny Nom.
Cubic yards of sand 2005-08-04
From Beth:
I am trying to figure out how much sand I will need for ground cover under my children's playset. The area to cover is 30' x 30' and I want 4 inches of sand.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Cubic yards of sand 2005-04-27
From Renee:
I need to find out how much sand I would need to order for the base of a horse round pen. The pen is 40 ft across and I would like a depth of 4 inches. I have to order the sand in cubic yards.
Answered by Penny Nom.
How much sand is in a pile? 2005-04-16
From Larry:
I was wondering if there is a formula for determining how much sand would be in a pile. I am a student in medical school, and this is a bonus question for a test. I hope you can help me.
Answered by Harley Weston.
Billions and more! and even more! 2004-03-01
From Steph:
What comes after undecillion?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Hundreds, thousands, millions,... 2003-02-19
From Karissa and Jasmeen:
hundreds, thousands, millions, - can you help us with the rest of this sequence - we are trying to find the largest number
Answered by Penny Nom.
Cubic yards in a gravel pile 2003-01-10
From Ron:
I am looking to find a way to measure gravel piles to get yards. They are generaly not square.it would be like pouring sand out of a bag into a pile. they generaly are concave in dimension. can you help. I have attached a picture to show a small scale what I am working on is in much larger volume.
Answered by Harley Weston.
How many billions equal one trillion? 2002-12-07
From Ryan and Aylah:
How many billions equal one trillion?
We believe that the answer is one thousand times one billion equals one trillion. Please help us with the answer to this question.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Round to hundredths 2002-11-19
From Brittany:
Can u tell me how to do a problem like this:

35 divded by 4.8= Round to hundreths.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Sanding a wooden block 2002-09-07
From Wanda:
If a wooden block, 2in height, 3in width, and 6in length is sanded and 1/8 of an inch is removed from the top and from the bottom, how much is the volume of the block decreased?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Tenths, hundredths, and thousandths 2001-10-17
From Cheri:
I would like the French terms for the decimal place values of tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. (I would be interested in the Spanish terms also if you had them.)
Answered by Maria Torres and Claude Tardif.
A pile of sand 2001-05-14
From Gul:
  1. Sand for use on icy roads is stored in a conical pile 14.2 m high and with a base diameter of 34.4 m
    • calculate the volume of the pile

    • if one sander can take 6.9 m of sand, how many sanders can be filled from the pile?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Y2K? 1999-09-03
From Mike Putzakulish:
In Y2K, the "K" stands for thousand, but where did the "K" come from? I know it's not a Roman Numeral, but what is it??
Answered by Chris Fisher and Harley Weston.
Thousands, millions, billions and trillions 1996-08-22
From Blaine:
What are the names of the periods in groups of numbers like 123,456,789. I need to know the names of them for school. I already know the first ones: units thousands millions billions trillions.
Answered by Penny Nom and Diane Hanson.
 
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