Area Units & Calculator
Area conversion squares the length factor: one square foot is 0.09290304 square meters. Area is not converted using the unsquared foot factor.
Detailed explanation & worked examples
Conversion method
Base value = input × source factor + source offset. Output = (base value − target offset) ÷ target factor. Only units from this family can be converted together.
Worked example
For the first two units below: 1 Square millimeter becomes 0.01000000 Square centimeter.
| Unit | Multiplier | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Square millimeter | 1.0E-6 | 0 |
| Square centimeter | 0.0001 | 0 |
| Square meter | 1 | 0 |
| Square kilometer | 1000000 | 0 |
| Square inch | 0.00064516 | 0 |
| Square foot | 0.09290304 | 0 |
| Square yard | 0.83612736 | 0 |
| Acre | 4046.8564224 | 0 |
| Hectare | 10000 | 0 |
Area conversion squares the length factor: one square foot is 0.09290304 square meters. Area is not converted using the unsquared foot factor.
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