Board foot

Board foot is a unit of measurement for wood, just like inches are used to measure length and gallons are used to measure liquids.

Basically, one board foot is equal to a piece of wood that is 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long.

So, imagine you have a piece of wood that is 2 inches thick, 6 inches wide, and 8 feet (96 inches) long. To find out how many board feet it is, you need to do some math.

First, you need to figure out how many 1 inch thick boards you could get out of this piece of wood. You do this by dividing the thickness (2 inches) by 1 inch, which gives you 2 boards.

Next, you multiply the number of boards by the width (6 inches), which gives you 12 inches of total width.

Then, you take the length (96 inches) and divide it by 12 inches to get 8 feet.

Finally, you multiply the total width (12 inches) by the total length in feet (8 feet) by the number of boards (2) to get your final answer: 16 board feet.

So, this piece of wood is equal to 16 board feet!