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Blocks, Bricks, Walls & Footings

Computing Number of Blocks

You are building an “L” shaped retain-

ing wall out of standard 8 inch x 16

inch blocks. One side of the retaining

wall is 22 feet long, and the other side

is 15 feet 8 inches long. The wall is to

be 4 feet high. How many blocks are

required to build this wall?

Step/Keystrokes Display

1. Clear calculator:

[On/C] [On/C] 0.

2. Enter block size:

8 [Inch] [x]16 [Inch] [=]

[Conv] [Block] 128 SQ IN

3. Enter total wall length:

22 [Feet] [+] 15 [Feet] 8 [Inch] [=]

[Length] 37 FT 8 IN

4. Enter height:

4 [Feet] [Height] 4 FT

5. Find number of blocks and add 5%

waste:

[Block] 169.5 (

170 Blocks

)

[+] 5 [%] 177.975 (

178 Blocks

)

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