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--- mortar [2026/04/16 10:53] – [Notes] freth
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 However, one clay is 2kg and one heap of sand is 20kg.  Knowing this we can calculate the total clay and heap of sand needed to make the amount of mortar we want.
-The mortar recipe calls for:
+A simplified way of representing it is this.
-* 1kg of clay which is half of a full clay, or .5
+* 1kg of clay is half of a full clay (2kg), or .5, so we will use .5 (1/2) for our formula.
-* 1kg of heap of sand which is one twentieth of a full heap of sand, or .05
+* 1kg of heap of sand is one twentieth of a full heap of sand (20kg), so we will use .05 (1/20th) for our formula.
-Using these values we can calculate the number of full clay and full heap of sand required.
+^ Clay ^^
+^ Value ^ Formula ^
+| Number | $\text{Number} = \text{Mortar Needed} \times .5$ |
+| Kg | $\text{Kg}=\text{Number}$ |
-===== Formulas =====
+^ Heap of sand ^^
+^ Value ^ Formula ^
+| Number | $\text{Number} = \text{Mortar Needed} \times .05$ |
+| Kg | $\text{Kg}=\text{Number}$ |
-Prerequisites:
+For example...
-* Mortar is the amount of mortar we need.
+ mortar will need 1000 clay ($2000 \times .5$) and 100 heap of sand ($2000 \times .05$).  Kg is equal to the amount needed since the recipe calls for 1kg each of clay and heap of sand per mortar.
-* Number is the calculated number of ingredients we need.
-* Kg is calculated the amount needed in kg for the ingredients.
-* 1 is 1kg per ingredient.
-* .5 is a half a clay, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar.
-* .05 is a twentieth of a heap of sand, which is 1kg or the recipe amount needed per mortar.
+===== Notes =====
-Clay:
+Keep in mind that kg and volume are two different things.  Volume is said to be represented as liters for liquid, but volume for solid objects is not explained.
-$Number=Mortar*.5$\\
-$Kg=Number * 1$
-Heap of sand:
-$Number=Mortar*.05$\\
-$Kg=Number * 1$
-===== Example =====
-We need 2000 mortar
-Clay:
-* Number:  2000 * .5 = **1000 clay (2kg per)** needed
-* Kg:  2000 * 1kg = **2000kg of clay** needed
-Heap of sand:
-* Number:  2000 * .05 = **100 heap of sand (20kg per)** needed
-* Kg:  2000 * 1kg = **2000kg of heap of sand** needed
-===== Notes =====
-* One heap of sand is 18.75 volume in a bulk storage bin, but is 20kg in inventory.  This can be confusing until you realize they are two separate values representing different aspects.  It is the number of heap of sand at 20kg per that is the kg value.
+A bulk storage bin has a volume column.  What you see in the volume column is not equivalent to kg.  A heap of sand is 20kg but takes up 18.75 volume in a bulk storage bin.  This is why if you have 100 heap of sand the kg is indeed 2000kg but the total volume is 1875.