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 yard | 0.0030864 cu yd | 0.0061728 cu yd | 0.0092593 cu yd | 0.0123457 cu yd | 0.0154321 cu yd | 0.0185185 cu yd | 0.0216049 cu yd | 0.0246914 cu yd | 0.0277778 cu yd | 0.0308642 cu yd | 0.0339506 cu yd | 0.0370370 cu yd | 0.0401235 cu yd | 0.0432099 cu yd | 0.0462963 cu yd | 0.0493827 cu yd | 0.0524691 cu yd | 0.0555556 cu yd | 0.0586420 cu yd | 0.0617284 cu yd | 0.0648148 cu yd | 0.0679012 cu yd | 0.0709877 cu yd | 0.0740741 cu yd | 0.0771605 cu yd | 0.0802469 cu yd | 0.0833333 cu yd | 0.0864198 cu yd | 0.0895062 cu yd | 0.0925926 cu yd | 0.0956790 cu yd | 0.0987654 cu yd | 0.1018519 cu yd | 0.1049383 cu yd | 0.1080247 cu yd | 0.1111111 cu yd | 0.1141975 cu yd | 0.1172840 cu yd | 0.1203704 cu yd | 0.1234568 cu yd | 0.1265432 cu yd | 0.1296296 cu yd | 0.1327160 cu yd | 0.1358025 cu yd | 0.1388889 cu yd | 0.1419753 cu yd | 0.1450617 cu yd | 0.1481481 cu yd | 0.1512346 cu yd | 0.1543210 cu yd | 0.1574074 cu yd | 0.1604938 cu yd | 0.1635802 cu yd | 0.1666667 cu yd | 0.1697531 cu yd | 0.1728395 cu yd | 0.1759259 cu yd | 0.1790123 cu yd | 0.1820988 cu yd | 0.1851852 cu yd | 0.1882716 cu yd | 0.1913580 cu yd | 0.1944444 cu yd | 0.1975309 cu yd | 0.2006173 cu yd | 0.2037037 cu yd | 0.2067901 cu yd | 0.2098765 cu yd | 0.2129630 cu yd | 0.2160494 cu yd | 0.2191358 cu yd | 0.2222222 cu yd | 0.2253086 cu yd | 0.2283951 cu yd | 0.2314815 cu yd | 0.2345679 cu yd | 0.2376543 cu yd | 0.2407407 cu yd | 0.2438272 cu yd | 0.2469136 cu yd | 0.25 cu yd | 0.2530864 cu yd | 0.2561728 cu yd | 0.2592593 cu yd | 0.2623457 cu yd | 0.2654321 cu yd | 0.2685185 cu yd | 0.2716049 cu yd | 0.2746914 cu yd | 0.2777778 cu yd | 0.2808642 cu yd | 0.2839506 cu yd | 0.2870370 cu yd | 0.2901235 cu yd | 0.2932099 cu yd | 0.2962963 cu yd | 0.2993827 cu yd | 0.3024691 cu yd | 0.3055556 cu yd | 0.3086420 cu yd |
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 yards | board feet | cubic yards |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ≡ 0.0030864197530864 | 6 | ≡ 0.018518518518519 |
2 | ≡ 0.0061728395061728 | 7 | ≡ 0.021604938271605 |
3 | ≡ 0.0092592592592593 | 8 | ≡ 0.024691358024691 |
4 | ≡ 0.012345679012346 | 9 | ≡ 0.027777777777778 |
5 | ≡ 0.015432098765432 | 10 | ≡ 0.030864197530864 |
A cubic yard is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada, and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cubic yard | cu yd | ≡ 27 cu ft | ≡ 0.764554857984 m3 | Imperial/US |
cubic yards | board feet | cubic yards | board feet |
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1 | ≡ 324 | 6 | ≡ 1944 |
2 | ≡ 648 | 7 | ≡ 2268 |
3 | ≡ 972 | 8 | ≡ 2592 |
4 | ≡ 1296 | 9 | ≡ 2916 |
5 | ≡ 1620 | 10 | ≡ 3240 |
board feet | cubic yards |
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1 | ≡ 0.0030864 |
324 | ≡ 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 …) |