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<h1 class="center">Builder's Mathematics</h1>
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<p class="center">Here are some tips and tricks that may be useful when building.</p>
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<h2>Need a Right Angle (90°) Fast ... ?</h2>
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<p class="large">Make a 3,4,5 Triangle !</p>
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<p>Connect three lines:</p>
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<li>3 long</li>
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<li>4 long</li>
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<li>5 long</li>
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</ul>
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<p>And we get a right angle (90°)</p></td>
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<td><img src="geometry/images/triangle-3-4-5.svg" alt="3,4,5 Triangle" height="190" width="226"></td>
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<h3>Other Lengths</h3>
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<p>You can use other lengths by multiplying each side by 2, or by 10, or any multiple:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="geometry/images/triangle-3-4-5-n.svg" alt="Multiples of 3,4,5" height="126" width="393"></p>
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<p class="center">Learn more at <a href="geometry/triangle-3-4-5.html">3, 4, 5 Triangle</a></p>
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<h2>Squaring and Diagonal</h2>
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<p style="float:left; margin: 0 10px 5px 0;"><img src="geometry/images/triangle-build-diag-move.svg" alt="Diagonal fixes right angle" height="160" width="162"></p>
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<p>How do we ensure two sides are at right angles?</p>
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<p><b>Run a diagonal</b>.</p>
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<p><br></p>
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<p class="larger">But how long is the diagonal?</p>
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<p style="float:right; margin: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="numbers/images/calculator-x2.svg" alt="calculator x^2"></p>
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<p>The steps are:</p>
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<li>measure side <b>a</b> and square it (multiply it by itself)</li>
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<li>measure side <b>b</b> and square it also</li>
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<li>add those squares</li>
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<li>finish with square root</li></ul>
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<h3>Example: A frame with sides of 2.4 and 5.365</h3>
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<li>2.4 squared is 2.4×2.4 = <b>5.76</b></li>
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<li>5.365 squared is 5.365×5.365 = <b>28.783225</b></li>
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<li>5.76 + 28.783225 = <b>34.543225</b></li>
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<li>square root of 34.543225 is <b>5.877</b> (rounded to 3 decimal places)</li></ul>
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<p>And we get this:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="geometry/images/triangle-build-diag1.svg" alt="Multiples of 3,4,5" height="141" width="307"></p>
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<p>Perfection!</p>
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<h3>Example: Sides are 300 and 450.5</h3>
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<li>300 squared is 300×300 = <b>90000</b></li>
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<li>450.5 squared is 450.5×450.5 = <b>202950.25</b></li>
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<li>90000 + 202950.25 = <b>292950.25</b></li>
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<li>square root of 292950.25 is <b>541.25</b> (rounded to 2 decimal places)</li></ul>
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So the diagonal is <b>541.25</b>
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<p>Notice how the squares can get very big, but come back to normal when we do the square root at the end</p></div>
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<p>Try a few values here:</p>
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geometry/images/pythagoras-diag.js
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<p>Note: it is easy to slip a digit when doing these calcs, so double check!</p>
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<p><br></p>
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<p>Why does it work? It is <a href="pythagoras.html">Pythagoras' Theorem</a> :</p>
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<p style="float:left; margin: 0 10px 5px 0;"><img src="geometry/images/triangle-abc.svg" alt="triangle abc" height="109" width="189"></p>
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<p>In a right-angled triangle, the square of a (a<sup>2</sup>) plus the square of b (b<sup>2</sup>) is equal to the square of c (c<sup>2</sup>):</p>
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<p class="center large">a<sup>2</sup> + b<sup>2</sup> = c<sup>2</sup></p>
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<p style="float:right; margin: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="geometry/images/pythagoras-square-root.svg" alt="triangle abc" height="141" width="286"><br>
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Take the square root of c<sup>2</sup> to get <b>c</b></p>
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<p><br></p>
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<p>So we square a, square b, add those to get c<sup>2</sup>:</p>
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<h2>Filling Round Holes</h2>
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<p>A circle has <b>about 80%</b> of the area of a similar-width square:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="geometry/images/circle-area-vs-square.svg" alt="circle area is about 80% of square" height="129" width="264"><br>
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see <a href="geometry/circle-area.html">circle area</a> for exact values</p>
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<p>So a circular hole has <b>about 80%</b> of the volume of a squared-off hole!</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="geometry/images/cylinder-vs-cuboid.svg" alt="circle area is about 80% of square" height="215" width="129"></p>
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<h3>Example: You want to drill foundation holes and fill them with concrete.</h3>
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<p style="float:right; margin: 10px;"><img src="geometry/images/circle-area-ex2.svg" alt="circle area example" height="225" width="143"></p>
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<p>The holes are <b>0.4 m wide</b> and <b>1 m deep</b>, how much concrete should you order for each hole?</p>
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<p style="float:left; margin: 10px;"><img src="geometry/images/circle-auger.jpg" alt="circle auger" height="154" width="90"></p>
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<p>They are circular (in <a href="geometry/cross-sections.html">cross section</a>) because they are drilled out using an auger.</p>
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<p>You can make an <b>estimate</b> by:</p>
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<li>1. Calculating a square hole: 0.4<span class="center"> × 0.4 = <b>0.16 m<sup>2</sup></b></span></li>
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<li>2. Taking 80% of that (estimates a circle): <span class="center"> 80% × 0.16 m<sup>2</sup></span> = <b>0.128 m<sup>2</sup></b></li>
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<li>3. And the volume of a 1 m deep hole is: <span class="center"><b>0.128 m<sup>3</sup></b></span></li></ul>
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<p class="larger">So you should order 0.128 cubic meters of concrete to fill each hole.</p>
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<p>Note: a more accurate calculation using the circle's true area gives <b>0.126 m<sup>3</sup></b></p>
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<h2>Estimating Piles</h2>
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<p>A cone (such as a heaped pile of sand) <b>has exactly one third</b> of the volume of a surrounding cylinder</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="geometry/images/cone-vs-cylinder-simple.svg" alt="cone vs cylinder" height="126" width="145"></p>
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<p>A cone has <b>about one quarter</b> of the volume (closer to 26%) of a surrounding box with a square base:</p>
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<p class="center"><img src="geometry/images/cone-vs-cuboid.svg" alt="cone vs cuboid" height="126" width="98"></p>But be careful: if the base of the heap is much wider in one direction, then this estimate won't work well.<br>
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<p> </p>
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<a href="square-root.html">Squares and Square Roots</a>
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<a href="index-3.html">Numbers Index</a>
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