2007-03-30 08:21:11 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Your volume is 10,000 cubic feet, or 370.37 cubic yards. If you want to figure its mass, dry topsoil weighs about 76 lbs per cubic foot (about 2050 lbs per cubic yard). So you have about 760,000 lbs. In U.S. measurements that would be about 380 tons. In metric (1 tonne = approximately 2205 lbs) so you would have 344.67 tonnes. Remember, that's dry weight. Moisture will increase that amount.
2007-03-30 08:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Karl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Soil is usually measured in sq yards(27 cubic feet) So...
If you want to dig a hole 100 feet long by fifty feet wide and two feet deep that equals 10000 cubic feet or about 370 yards. A smaller dump truck holds about six yards. Weight is all dependent upon how much moisture there is in the soil at that moment as well as the type of soil.
Any way you cut it, you are talking about moving a lot of dirt.
2007-03-30 08:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by Cactusflinthead 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
100 x 50 x 2 = 10,000 ft³.
1ft ³ = 0.028316m ³
Therefore 10,000 ft ³ = 283.16m ³
Soil, as others have said, varies in weight, depending on its water content between 1.5 tonnes and 2.0 tonnes per metre cubed.
Take an average of 1.75.
283.16 x 1.75 = 496
Therefore the answer is (approx) 496 Tonnes
2007-03-30 09:13:37 · answer #3 · answered by fuctivino 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends upon the nature of the soil and how much air space is contained within it. Wet clay will be heavier than gravel, for example. As a ball park figure, you are looking at about 350 tonnes there.
2007-03-30 08:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Volume isn't measured in tons. To find the volume, multiply the length (100 feet) by the width (50 feet) by the depth (2 feet). The result will be cubic feet - you should then convert to cubic yards. Ask your teacher to work with you on the formula if you still need help.
2007-03-30 08:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by Sharon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
100 X 2 IS 200 X 50 is 10000 divide by 35 is 285 cubic metres .. concrete weighs approx 2 tonnes per cube ..depending on the density of the soil ..but it will certainly weigh at least one tonne per cube ..so my estimate is ..at least 300 tonnes
2007-03-30 23:50:26 · answer #6 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tonnes is a measure of weight not volume
2007-04-01 22:16:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So thats 100x50x2 cu feet = 10,000 cu feet.
Skimming through some web pages, I've seen "friable soil" of density 1g/cm^-3 mentioned. "Compacted soil" is about 1.4-1.6g.cm^-3. i.e. 1 tonne per m^3 or 1.4-1.6 tonnes per m^3
10,000 cu ft scales to 10,000 x 25.4^3 cm^3 = 1.6E8 cm^3
i.e. 164 m^3
So thats about 164 tonnes for friable soil or
1.6x164 ~= 260 tonnes for heavily compacted soil.
2007-03-30 08:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a web page called weight and volume converter, put in your quantities and press convert. This is a very useful page that will answer a lot of calculations and is handy to have in your favorites file.
2007-03-30 11:58:15 · answer #9 · answered by John L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If topsoil with some moisture, about 270cubic meters, 353 cubic yards and 388 metric tonnes.
2007-03-30 08:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋