Weigh the material in pounds. Then measure the length, width and height. Do this in feet. Calculate the volume by multiplying length x width x height = Volume. Volume = length x width x height Divide the weight by the volume: Weight / Volume Density = Weight / Volume Your density is in units of lbs per cubic foot

Formula for pounds per cubic foot?

Density is pounds per cubic foot. The formula to determine density requires that you first determine the cubic feet. You do this by using the formula length X width X height. This is calculated using inches. You then calculate the density by taking the weight of the item and dividing it by the cubic feet of the item.

Convert 4 pounds of potatoes to cups?

You need to know the density of what you are measuring: Density = MAss of object divided by Volume of object.

Why is the density of a material affected by its size?

Density means weight per unit of volume. So a large object that weighs ten pounds is not as dense as a smaller object that also weighs ten pounds.

Why does density affect buoyancy?

The buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the liquid or gas displaced by the object.If you fully submerge a one cubic foot object in a liquid with a density of 62.4 pounds per cubic foot, which is the approximate density of fresh water, a buoyant force of 62.4 pounds will be acting on the object in an upward direction. If the object weighs more than 62.4 pounds it will sink. If it weighs less than 62.4 pounds it will sink into the liquid only until it displaces the volume of liquid whose weight equals the weight of the object. So if the object weighs 6.24 pounds, only one tenth of it will be below the surface. If you fully submerge a one cubic foot object in a liquid with a density of 64.1 pounds per cubic foot, which is the approximate density of ocean water near the surface, a buoyant force of 64.1 pounds will be acting on the object in an upward direction.

What is the approximate length and weight of the spectacled bear?

* Height: 30 inches * Weight: 175-275 pounds * Length: 51-75 inches (A female bear and male bear are different in height, weight, and length.)

What is the average size for a koala height length and width?

weigh 9 to 20 pounds length 27 to 36 inches

What is the definition of measure?

To determine the length or height of an object in pounds, ounces, inches, centimeters, miles, etc. Can also be used to determine the character of a person, such as, "His honesty showed his true measure as a person."

Is 16 pounds bigger than 18.5 pounds?

The object with the larger number of pounds has the larger mass, and the larger weight. Whether this object is also actually LARGER will depend both on its density and on its shape.

What is the height and weight of a cottontail rabbit?

the height is 6 inches the weight is 6 pounds

Five gallons equals how many pounds?

The answer will differ depending of the density of the object you are measuring/converting.

How do you convert gallons to pounds?

Because you are converting volume to mass, you must know the density of the object. mass = volume x density

What is the average height and weight of an adult giraffe?

How do you figure out PSI at the bottom of a vertical pipe filled with water?

Measure the height of the pipe, in inches. Then the pressure at the bottom is approx 14.7 + 0.036*H PSI.

What is the difference between density and mass?

Mass is the weight of an object. Density is a measure of how tightly the molecules are packed together in an object. Density is expressed as mass divided by volume, as in pounds per cubic foot (lb/ft3) or grams per cubic centimeters (gm/cc).

What is the height of a mountain lion?

The length of a male mountain lion may exceed 8 feet from nose to the end of tail. Typically weighing 110 to 180 pounds. The female is somewhat smaller at 5-7 feet in length and weighing 75-130 pounds. Average height is 3 feet.

What would you use to measure a door?

For length and height, you would use feet Width would be in inches Weight would be in pounds or ounces In metrics it would be meters Centimeters kilograms or grams

What is the height of an octopus?

1. average height: 50 feet 2. average length: 24 feet 3. average weight: 20 pounds

How do you estimate the weight of a large stone in pounds without the use of a scales?

First, measure the height, width, and length. Then guess.

What are two ways in which density has practical importance?

Two pounds of feathers are heavier than one pond of steel, but the feathers are less dense than the steel so two pounds of feathers have a greater volume than one pound of steel. Density determines weather an object will float or sink. If an object can float on water it has to be less than 1. If the object is more dense than water than it will sink.

How is density related to buoyancy?

Yes. Buoyancy force = weight of liquid displaced.If an object is less dense than the liquid, it floats. In this case no liquid is displaced. If the object is more dense than th4 liquid, it will sink displacing some liquid. the displaced liquid weight is the buoyancy force.This is tricky, because the connection is not as direct as people think. Buoyancy is actually directly related to the VOLUME of a submerged object. Two submerged objects of identical size will have the same buoyancy, regardless of their weights. The total buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the water the object displaces. So if a submerged object that weighs 10 pounds displaces three pounds of water, the buoyant force is three pounds, and the object will have an apparent weight of seven pounds. In that case, the object will sink. What else can we conclude from that? Obviously, the 10-pound object mentioned above is denser than water. Why? Because the object weighs 10 pounds but the equivalent volume of water it displaces weighs only three pounds. What if an object of the same size but weighing only two pounds were submerged? It, too, would displace three pounds of water. The net buoyant force on it is, therefore, three pounds. Since it weighs only two pounds, there is a net upward force on the object of one pound. So that object floats! The density of that object is obviously less than water because the weight of the water it displaces is greater than the weight of the object.

What is the difference between length and mass?

Mass is the measure of the weight of an object (grams, pounds, ect.) whereas length is the measure of the distance from one endpoint to another (inches, meters, ect.).

What is the pounds per square foot of a 200 pound man?

Unfortunately, this question is unanswerable. Pounds per square foot is the imperial unit for density. Density is the amount of mass for a unit volume. Since you have provided only the mass of the object, and no volume, the Density cannot be determined.