“Square-up” Concrete
Squaring a Concrete Slab
Assume you want to “Square-up” the
forms for a concrete foundation measur-
ing 45 feet 6 inches by 24 feet 4 inch-
es. To square the forms, find the
square-up (diagonal) length. If the slab is
4 inches thick, find the area and volume.
Step/Keystrokes Display
1. Clear calculator:
[On/C] [On/C] 0.
2. Enter length, width and solve for
square-up:
45 [Feet] 6 [Inch] [Length]
24 [Feet] 4 [Inch] [Width]
[Sq-Up] 51 FT 7-3/16 IN
3. Solve for area and volume:
[Conv] [Vol] 1107.167 SQ FT
4 [Inch] [Height] 4 IN
[Vol] 13.66872 CU YD