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  1. 9th June 2004, 09:42 PM #1
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    Default MATH QUIZ for 9 June 04

    Good Evening Friends,
    A yard of concrete contains .7641 cubic meters/metres.

    How many cubic feet would you have?

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    0.7641*(1/0.3048)^3=26.984 ft^3?
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    27!

    Either the question is too easy Ralph, or I've been looking at too many Transit Van brochures today.

    3' x 3' x3' used to be a cubic yard as I recall....so a little cheat on the metric conversion never hurt anyone!

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    If the truck can gets its outlet shute to the job - not much.
    If you have to move it with a barrow - too much.

    I agree that 3x3x3 = 27. The metric equivalent is a red herring.
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    Again Ralph is trying to trick us with his wording ......

    He is correct in saying that a yard of concrete contains 0.7641 cubic meters/metres. That is a simple fact.

    Now the second part ..... how many cubic feet would you have?

    Well I have two feet but they are not cubic so the answer must be zero or 0.
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  6. 10th June 2004, 09:39 AM #6
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    Default hmmmmmm

    hmmmmmmm,
    i am not quiet sure i am still tring to work it out .
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    still working it out?
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    Default Math Quiz answer for 9 June 04

    Good Morning Friends,
    bitingmidge and Robert WA have the correct answer which is 27 Cu Ft per yard.

    Robert gave me a conversion site that I am going to pass on to you with his blessings, I hope.

    http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/EASYarea.html

    I know it has helped me already very well and thanks again Robert for passing it to me.

    Thank you all for your support.

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  9. 10th June 2004, 12:13 PM #9
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    Another conversion site. This one will convert anything to anything...

    www.onlineconversion.com

    Convert light years to parsecs (1 light year = 0.3065948 parsec).....Beam me up Scotty

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    You can get the freeware program "convert", useful when you're not online.

    used in industry worldwide

    one place to get it from:
    http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/
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    Quote Originally Posted by DanP
    Another conversion site. This one will convert anything to anything...Dan
    Great, I've got a truck load of lead I'd like converted to gold and a few packs of pine I'd like turned into maple silkwood.

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