Ag Mech I 3-20

A board foot is a piece of lumber that is 1" thick, 12" wide, and ____ long. (Pick all that are correct)

• 1 foot

• 12 inches

• 2 feet

• 24 inches

A board foot is also _____ cubic inches

• 12

• 124

• 36

• 144

When reading dimensions, a ' means:

• an inch

• a foot

When reading dimensions, a " means:

• An inch

• A foot

When calculating board feet, and the LENGTH of the board is in inches, you will divide by:

• 12

• 144

• 27

• 108

When calculating board feet, and the length of the board is in FEET, you divide by:

• 12

• 24

• 36

• 144

Many times, lumber is priced per ______ board feet

• 1000

• 100

• 10

• 10000

MBF means:

• Many board feet

• One hundred board feet

• One thousand board feet

• mayonnaise

You need the board feet of a piece of wood that is 27" long. Which formula do you use?

• BF = TxWxL/144

• BF = TxWxL/12

You calculate that the board feet of one 2x4 is 10 BF. You have twenty 2x4s total. If you want the board feet of ALL the 2x4s, you have to multiple the number of board feet by _____

• square root of 20

• 20

• 10

• 4