Calculation of quantity of cement mortar in brickwork

and plaster:
For the calculation of cement mortar, let us assume that we use
1m3 of cement mortar. Procedure for calculation is:
1. Calculate the dry volume of materials required for
1m3 cement mortar. Considering voids in sands, we assume
that materials consists of 60% voids. That is, for 1m3 of wet
cement mortar, 1.6m3 of materials are required.
2. Now we calculate the volume of materials used in cement
mortar based on its proportions.
Lets say, the proportion of cement and sand in mortar is 1:X,
where X is the volume of sand required.
Then, the volume of sand required for 1:X proportion of
1m3 cement mortar will be

3. Volume of cement will be calculated as:

Since the volume of 1 bag of cement is 0.0347 m3, so the

number of bag of cement will be calculated as:

Example:
For cement mortar of 1:6, the quantity calculated will be as
below:

Sand quantity:

Quantity of cement (in bags):

Volume of cement =
There number of bags required =

= 6.58 bags.