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--- mortar [2026/05/12 14:13] – [Mortar] 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 heap of sand which is one twentieth of a full heap of sand, or .05
-Using these values we can calculate the number of full clay and full heap of sand required.
-===== Formulas =====
-Prerequisites:
-* Mortar is the amount of mortar we need.
-* 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.
+* 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 is one twentieth of a full heap of sand (20kg), so we will use .05 (1/20th) for our formula.
 ^ Clay ^^
 ^ Value ^ Formula ^
-| Number | $Number=Mortar \times .5$ |
+| Number | $\text{Number} = \text{Mortar Needed} \times .5$ |
-| Kg | $Kg=Number$ |
+| Kg | $\text{Kg}=\text{Number}$ |
 ^ Heap of sand ^^
 ^ Value ^ Formula ^
-| Number | $Number=Mortar \times .05$ |
+| Number | $\text{Number} = \text{Mortar Needed} \times .05$ |
-| Kg | $Kg=Number$ |
+| Kg | $\text{Kg}=\text{Number}$ |
-===== Example =====
+For example...
-==== Mortar ====
+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.
-^ Clay ^^
-^ Value ^ Formula ^
-| Number | $2000 \times .5 = \text{1000 clay (2kg per) needed}$ |
-| Kg | $\text{2000kg of clay needed}$ |
-^ Heap of Sand ^^
-^ Value ^ Formula ^
-| Number | $2000 * .05 = \text{100 heap of sand (20kg per) needed}$ |
-| Kg | $\text{2000kg of heap of sand needed}$ |
 ===== Notes =====