2007-06-07 11:24:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
one cubic yard = 3X3X3 ft^3 = 27 ft^3
3ft X 4 ft X 1/2 ft = 6 ft^3
Last time I checked... 6 was not larger than 27... so anyone saying more than 1 cubic yard is hozed.
6/27 cubic yard needed. Slightly more than 1/5 per pit
2007-06-07 12:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see a lot of people making one or more of the following mistakes:
1) treating the third dimension as 6 feet instead of 6 inches,
2) forgetting that there are 2 pits, not one
3) getting the wrong number of cubic feet in a cubic yard. There are 3 feet in a yard, so a cubic yard is a cube that measures one yard on each edge, or a 3x3x3 foot cube, which would be 27 cubic feet. Think of a giant Rubick's cube.
There are a couple of different ways to solve this problem, but here's how I'd do it. First figure out the answer in cubic feet. The pit is a simple box shape, so converting the inches measurement to feet (6 in = 1/2 ft) the volume of the pit is 3*4*(1/2) = 6 cubic feet.
There are 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard, so in cubic yards this will be 6 ft^3 * (1 yd^3 / 27 ft^3) = 6/27 = 2/9 yd^3
We have TWO pits though, not just one, so this makes our answer 4/9 yd^3. So if you can buy half a cubic yard, you'll have enough with some left over.
2007-06-07 11:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 cubic feet = 1 1/3 cubic yards
2007-06-07 11:29:34 · answer #3 · answered by Sunshine 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
2*3*4*.5/9 = 1 1/3 cubic yards
2007-06-07 11:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As long as both ends are trimmed and the celery and carrots are long enough to load up a good amount of dip, then any size is fine! I'm not that meticulous about the length of carrots or celery sticks. Other things...different story, but we won't go there. And yeah, you really are a big tease!! But I'll keep ya anyway!☺♥ Just don't tell your other girlfriends, okay? It's supposed to be a secret!!
2016-04-01 08:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need 12 cu feet or aprox 1/2 cubic yard.
2007-06-07 11:29:26 · answer #6 · answered by Steiner 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
0.22 of one cubic yard. LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF ONE CUBIC YARD. duh.
YOU NEED 6 CUBIC FEET OF SAND AND THERE ARE 27 CUBIC FEET IN ONE CUBIC YARD PEOPLE. HELLOOOOOOO!
2007-06-07 11:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1yd * 1.33333yd * .166666yd * 2 = .444444 yd^3
I don't think they sell .44444 yd^3 of sand, so actually one will do fine.
2007-06-07 11:30:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT TAKES TWO BBBBAAAABBBBBYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET US KNOW WHEN YOUR DONE. YOU CAN THROW A BARBECUE.
2007-06-07 11:32:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
whoops, sorry about that. lol
2007-06-07 11:28:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋