board foot | 1 fbm | 2 fbm | 3 fbm | 4 fbm | 5 fbm | 6 fbm | 7 fbm | 8 fbm | 9 fbm | 10 fbm | 11 fbm | 12 fbm | 13 fbm | 14 fbm | 15 fbm | 16 fbm | 17 fbm | 18 fbm | 19 fbm | 20 fbm | 21 fbm | 22 fbm | 23 fbm | 24 fbm | 25 fbm | 26 fbm | 27 fbm | 28 fbm | 29 fbm | 30 fbm | 31 fbm | 32 fbm | 33 fbm | 34 fbm | 35 fbm | 36 fbm | 37 fbm | 38 fbm | 39 fbm | 40 fbm | 41 fbm | 42 fbm | 43 fbm | 44 fbm | 45 fbm | 46 fbm | 47 fbm | 48 fbm | 49 fbm | 50 fbm | 51 fbm | 52 fbm | 53 fbm | 54 fbm | 55 fbm | 56 fbm | 57 fbm | 58 fbm | 59 fbm | 60 fbm | 61 fbm | 62 fbm | 63 fbm | 64 fbm | 65 fbm | 66 fbm | 67 fbm | 68 fbm | 69 fbm | 70 fbm | 71 fbm | 72 fbm | 73 fbm | 74 fbm | 75 fbm | 76 fbm | 77 fbm | 78 fbm | 79 fbm | 80 fbm | 81 fbm | 82 fbm | 83 fbm | 84 fbm | 85 fbm | 86 fbm | 87 fbm | 88 fbm | 89 fbm | 90 fbm | 91 fbm | 92 fbm | 93 fbm | 94 fbm | 95 fbm | 96 fbm | 97 fbm | 98 fbm | 99 fbm | 100 fbm |
cubic meter | 0.0023597 m3 | 0.0047195 m3 | 0.0070792 m3 | 0.0094389 m3 | 0.0117987 m3 | 0.0141584 m3 | 0.0165182 m3 | 0.0188779 m3 | 0.0212376 m3 | 0.0235974 m3 | 0.0259571 m3 | 0.0283168 m3 | 0.0306766 m3 | 0.0330363 m3 | 0.0353961 m3 | 0.0377558 m3 | 0.0401155 m3 | 0.0424753 m3 | 0.0448350 m3 | 0.0471947 m3 | 0.0495545 m3 | 0.0519142 m3 | 0.0542740 m3 | 0.0566337 m3 | 0.0589934 m3 | 0.0613532 m3 | 0.0637129 m3 | 0.0660726 m3 | 0.0684324 m3 | 0.0707921 m3 | 0.0731519 m3 | 0.0755116 m3 | 0.0778713 m3 | 0.0802311 m3 | 0.0825908 m3 | 0.0849505 m3 | 0.0873103 m3 | 0.0896700 m3 | 0.0920298 m3 | 0.0943895 m3 | 0.0967492 m3 | 0.0991090 m3 | 0.1014687 m3 | 0.1038284 m3 | 0.1061882 m3 | 0.1085479 m3 | 0.1109076 m3 | 0.1132674 m3 | 0.1156271 m3 | 0.1179869 m3 | 0.1203466 m3 | 0.1227063 m3 | 0.1250661 m3 | 0.1274258 m3 | 0.1297855 m3 | 0.1321453 m3 | 0.1345050 m3 | 0.1368648 m3 | 0.1392245 m3 | 0.1415842 m3 | 0.1439440 m3 | 0.1463037 m3 | 0.1486634 m3 | 0.1510232 m3 | 0.1533829 m3 | 0.1557427 m3 | 0.1581024 m3 | 0.1604621 m3 | 0.1628219 m3 | 0.1651816 m3 | 0.1675413 m3 | 0.1699011 m3 | 0.1722608 m3 | 0.1746206 m3 | 0.1769803 m3 | 0.1793400 m3 | 0.1816998 m3 | 0.1840595 m3 | 0.1864192 m3 | 0.1887790 m3 | 0.1911387 m3 | 0.1934985 m3 | 0.1958582 m3 | 0.1982179 m3 | 0.2005777 m3 | 0.2029374 m3 | 0.2052971 m3 | 0.2076569 m3 | 0.2100166 m3 | 0.2123763 m3 | 0.2147361 m3 | 0.2170958 m3 | 0.2194556 m3 | 0.2218153 m3 | 0.2241750 m3 | 0.2265348 m3 | 0.2288945 m3 | 0.2312542 m3 | 0.2336140 m3 | 0.2359737 m3 |
The board-foot is a specialized unit of measure for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick.
Board-foot can be abbreviated FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT, or BF. Thousand board-feet can be abbreviated as MFBM, MBFT, or MBF. Similarly, million board-feet can be abbreviated as MMFBM, MMBFT, or MMBF.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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board foot | fbm | ≡ 144 cu in | ≡ 2.359737216×10−3 m3 | Imperial/US |
board feet | cubic meters | board feet | cubic meters |
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1 | ≡ 0.002359737216 | 6 | ≡ 0.014158423296 |
2 | ≡ 0.004719474432 | 7 | ≡ 0.016518160512 |
3 | ≡ 0.007079211648 | 8 | ≡ 0.018877897728 |
4 | ≡ 0.009438948864 | 9 | ≡ 0.021237634944 |
5 | ≡ 0.01179868608 | 10 | ≡ 0.02359737216 |
The cubic metre (in British English and international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in American English) is the SI derived unitof volume. Its SI symbol is m3. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefixes, was the stère, still sometimes used for dry measure (for instance, in reference to wood). Another alternative name, no longer widely used, was the kilolitre.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cubic meter | m3 | ≡ 1 m × 1 m × 1 m | ≡ 1 m3 | Metric system SI |
cubic meters | board feet | cubic meters | board feet |
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1 | ≡ 423.77600065786 | 6 | ≡ 2542.6560039472 |
2 | ≡ 847.55200131573 | 7 | ≡ 2966.432004605 |
3 | ≡ 1271.3280019736 | 8 | ≡ 3390.2080052629 |
4 | ≡ 1695.1040026315 | 9 | ≡ 3813.9840059208 |
5 | ≡ 2118.8800032893 | 10 | ≡ 4237.7600065786 |
board feet | cubic meters |
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1 | ≡ 0.0023597 |
423.7760007 | ≡ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |