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nessar

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Can someone that is decent at maths work out the square footage of my pen?

Here is a poorly drawn diagram of my pen, and how many panels are on each side, now each panel is 14 inches, which is why its giving me a headache to work out!

Could you give me the square footage for the ground floor, level 1 and level 2 separately please?


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Can someone that is decent at maths work out the square footage of my pen?

Here is a poorly drawn diagram of my pen, and how many panels are on each side, now each panel is 14 inches, which is why its giving me a headache to work out!

Could you give me the square footage for the ground floor, level 1 and level 2 separately please?


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I can let me just find a pen.

Am I right in thinking there's a ground floor, 1st floor and 2nd floor?
 
Ground floor - 24.5ft squared
Level 1 - 8.16ft sqaured
Level 2 - 6.5ft squared

Overall 39.2ft squared

I think :wave:
 
My quick maths has got around 38 sq feet overall :)

Ground floor - 24.5 sq feet
Level 1 - 8.17 sq feet
Level 2 - 5.4 sq feet
 
OH has just did it and says you're all wrong!!! :)lol:)

He says it's 36.1 square foot :lol:

Ground floor - 21 ft squared

1st floor - 7 ft squared

2nd floor - 8.1 ft sqaured

ETA: He has been drinking though... And was Inbetweeners at the same time :roll:
 
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Oooer so many different answers :lol:

Yep Youthnovels, a ground floor, a second small level and a third even smaller level.
 
Oh god we're all bad at maths aren't we?! I work for a custodian bank as well :oops:

I realized that I read the third level wrong, I now get 38.1108ft :wave:

Ground Level
24.5ft

Level 1
8.1667ft

Level 2
5.4441


TOTAL - 38.1108
 
If it helps, I'll show my workings:

Ground floor

70 x 56 = 3920
less 14 x 28...... 392

=3528 sq inches or 24.5 sq ft

1st floor

42 x 28 = 1176 sq inches or 8.17 sq ft

2nd floor

42 x 228 = 1176
less 14 x 28....... 392

= 784 sq inches or 5.4 sq ft

24.5 + 8.17 + 5.4 = 38.07
 
:oops:

Think I've done it right now!

bottom

(3x14)x(2x14) = 42x28 = 1176
+
(4x14)x(3x14) = 56x42 = 2352

= 3528 square inches = 24.5 square feet

middle

(2x14)x(3x14) = 28x42 = 1176

= 1176 square inches = 8.17 square feet

top
(3x14)x(1x14) = 42x14 = 588
+
(1x14)x(1x14) = 14x14 = 196

= 784 square inches = 5.4 square feet


= 5488 square inches = 38.11 square feet
 
Right thanks, I'll call it 38sqft then.... pretty pleased with that.

How did you convert the square inches back to feet? That was where I failed.... I tried to divide by 12 and got some really high numbers.
 
Right thanks, I'll call it 38sqft then.... pretty pleased with that.

How did you convert the square inches back to feet? That was where I failed.... I tried to divide by 12 and got some really high numbers.

That's how I got my first answer! Divide by 144. 1 foot squared is 12 inches x 12 inches = 144
 
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