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Carpenter Applications
註釋'Carpenter Applications' provides review and practice of numeracy applications specific to the carpentry trades. It is aimed at apprentices who want extra practice with numeracy skills or who are preparing for trade exams. Examples with drawings and photographs are used to illustrate applications. Answers are provided at the end of each section and step by step workings are given for each answer. Applications include: * Calculating and recording differences in elevations * Calculating angles and distances to lay out a building * Calculating common rafter line lengths * Calculating the length of a stair stringer * Calculating concrete quantities using a centreline 'Carpenter Applications' is a companion resource to 'Measurement and Calculations for the Trades' (7.1 GRE 2006). Table of contents: * Section 1: Occupational skills (Surveying. Reading a levelling rod. Calculating and recording differences in elevation. Calculating angles and distances to lay out a building. Working with grades. Calculating volume, swell and shrinkage. Calculating swell and shrink factors. Calculating volume or excavated earth) * Section 2: Concrete (Calculating the volume of concrete for a battered wall. Calculating concrete quantities in an L-shaped building) * Section 3: Framing (Framing a gable roof. Using slope to calculate rise and run. Calculating common rafter line lengths. Calculating the length of collar ties and gable studs. Framing a flight of straight stairs. Calculating unit rise and unit run. Calculating the length of a stair stringer and stairwell opening. Calculating the inside and outside tread width of circular stairs) * Section 4: Exterior finish (Calculating siding exposure. Calculating roofing materials for a gable roof) * Section 5: Interior finish (Floor and ceiling ties. Calculating the number of shelves in a bookcase).