Calculated Industries 4045-B - Manual (Page 18)

18 — Construction Master IV
Percentage Calculations
The Percent [%] key can be used for
finding a given percent of a number or
for working add-on, discount or division
percentage calculations. It can be used
with any type of number, in any dimen-
sion (feet, inch, millimeter, etc) and any
type of convention (non-dimensioned,
linear, square or cubic).
Computing Percentages
Find 18% of 500 feet:
500 [Feet] [x] 18 [%]
90 FT 0 IN
Add 10% to 137 square feet:
137 [Sq] [Feet] [+] 10 [%] 150.7 SQ FT
Take 20% from 552 feet 6 inches:
552 [Feet] 6 [Inch] [–] 20 [%]
442 FT 0 IN
Divide 350 cubic yards by 80%:
350 [Cu] [Yds] [÷] 80 [%] 437.5 CU YD