About 1.2 pounds of dry sand equals 1 pound of wet sand. When sand is wet, it typically weighs more due to the water content.
I weighed a cup of sand which equalled 12.45 ounces (used 12.5 ounces for computing purposes). So, 1 gallon of sand (16 cups) equals 200 ounces or divided by 16 ounces/pound, equals 12.5 pounds/gallon.
Plaster= 53 pound per cubic foot 53x3=159 pounds
You need to define "dirt" - do you mean loose topsoil, sand, sub-soil, garbage -etc, etc, and ALL have different weights .
A gallon is a unit of capacity. A pound is a unit of mass. The two units are therefore incompatible.
14,300 pounds. Sand has a density of 100 pounds per cubic foot.
It all depends on how wet the sand is, however the density of wet sand is given as 3240 pounds per cubic yard and as there are 2000lbs in a ton, 3240/2000 equals 1.62 tons per cubic yard. Therefore 17.74 tons equals 10.95 yards
Sand sinks in water, so it is more dense. Density = mass/volume. Or Volume = Mass/Density. For the same mass, more dense substance will take up less volume. So the water takes up more space.
Describe what the material that weighs five pounds is composed of. Five pounds of water might sink very quickly in sand. Five pounds of styrofoam might not.
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It depends on the size of the sack. A standard sack of sand typically contains 50 pounds.
In your lifetime, you use at least 1,000,000 pounds of stone,sand, and gravel.