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 |
US peck | 0.2678547 pk (US) | 0.5357093 pk (US) | 0.8035640 pk (US) | 1.0714186 pk (US) | 1.3392733 pk (US) | 1.6071279 pk (US) | 1.8749826 pk (US) | 2.1428372 pk (US) | 2.4106919 pk (US) | 2.6785465 pk (US) | 2.9464012 pk (US) | 3.2142558 pk (US) | 3.4821105 pk (US) | 3.7499651 pk (US) | 4.0178198 pk (US) | 4.2856744 pk (US) | 4.5535291 pk (US) | 4.8213837 pk (US) | 5.0892384 pk (US) | 5.3570930 pk (US) | 5.6249477 pk (US) | 5.8928023 pk (US) | 6.1606570 pk (US) | 6.4285116 pk (US) | 6.6963663 pk (US) | 6.9642209 pk (US) | 7.2320756 pk (US) | 7.4999302 pk (US) | 7.7677849 pk (US) | 8.0356395 pk (US) | 8.3034942 pk (US) | 8.5713489 pk (US) | 8.8392035 pk (US) | 9.1070582 pk (US) | 9.3749128 pk (US) | 9.6427675 pk (US) | 9.9106221 pk (US) | 10.1784768 pk (US) | 10.4463314 pk (US) | 10.7141861 pk (US) | 10.9820407 pk (US) | 11.2498954 pk (US) | 11.5177500 pk (US) | 11.7856047 pk (US) | 12.0534593 pk (US) | 12.3213140 pk (US) | 12.5891686 pk (US) | 12.8570233 pk (US) | 13.1248779 pk (US) | 13.3927326 pk (US) | 13.6605872 pk (US) | 13.9284419 pk (US) | 14.1962965 pk (US) | 14.4641512 pk (US) | 14.7320058 pk (US) | 14.9998605 pk (US) | 15.2677151 pk (US) | 15.5355698 pk (US) | 15.8034244 pk (US) | 16.0712791 pk (US) | 16.3391338 pk (US) | 16.6069884 pk (US) | 16.8748431 pk (US) | 17.1426977 pk (US) | 17.4105524 pk (US) | 17.6784070 pk (US) | 17.9462617 pk (US) | 18.2141163 pk (US) | 18.4819710 pk (US) | 18.7498256 pk (US) | 19.0176803 pk (US) | 19.2855349 pk (US) | 19.5533896 pk (US) | 19.8212442 pk (US) | 20.0890989 pk (US) | 20.3569535 pk (US) | 20.6248082 pk (US) | 20.8926628 pk (US) | 21.1605175 pk (US) | 21.4283721 pk (US) | 21.6962268 pk (US) | 21.9640814 pk (US) | 22.2319361 pk (US) | 22.4997907 pk (US) | 22.7676454 pk (US) | 23.0355000 pk (US) | 23.3033547 pk (US) | 23.5712093 pk (US) | 23.8390640 pk (US) | 24.1069186 pk (US) | 24.3747733 pk (US) | 24.6426280 pk (US) | 24.9104826 pk (US) | 25.1783373 pk (US) | 25.4461919 pk (US) | 25.7140466 pk (US) | 25.9819012 pk (US) | 26.2497559 pk (US) | 26.5176105 pk (US) | 26.7854652 pk (US) |
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 | US pecks | board feet | US pecks |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 0.26785465164945 | 6 | = 1.6071279098967 |
2 | = 0.53570930329889 | 7 | = 1.8749825615461 |
3 | = 0.80356395494834 | 8 | = 2.1428372131956 |
4 | = 1.0714186065978 | 9 | = 2.410691864845 |
5 | = 1.3392732582472 | 10 | = 2.6785465164945 |
A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints (9.09 (UK) or 8.81 (US) liters). Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, is still often sold by the peck.
1 US peck | = | 1⁄4 of a US bushel |
= | 2 US dry gallons | |
= | 8 US dry quarts | |
= | 16 US dry pints | |
= | 537.605 cubic inches | |
= | 8.80976754172 litres | |
≈ | 1.93788 imperial gallons | |
≈ | 310.060 imperial fluid ounces |
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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US peck | pk (US) | ≡ 1⁄4 US lvl bu | = 8.80976754172×10−3 m3 | Imperial/US |
US pecks | board feet | US pecks | board feet |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 3.7333680555556 | 6 | = 22.400208333333 |
2 | = 7.4667361111111 | 7 | = 26.133576388889 |
3 | = 11.200104166667 | 8 | = 29.866944444444 |
4 | = 14.933472222222 | 9 | = 33.6003125 |
5 | = 18.666840277778 | 10 | = 37.333680555556 |
board feet | US pecks |
---|---|
1 | = 0.2678547 |
3.7333681 | = 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 …) |