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• To step
• Method 1 of 2: Convert square meters to square feet
• Method 2 of 2: Convert based on length measurements
• Tips

Almost every country in the world uses the metric measurement system, including the square meter for measuring an area. The United States is a big exception to this and works with square feet for measuring kitchens and lawns. The conversion between the two units is as simple as multiplying by the correct conversion factor.

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Method 1 of 2: Convert square meters to square feet

1. Multiply square feet by 10,76. One square meter (m) is roughly equal to 10.76 square feet (ft). To convert from m to ft, multiply the number of square meters by 10.76. For instance:
   • 5 square meters
     = 5 m × 10.76 /_m
     = 5 x 10.76 ft
     = 53.8 ft
   • Note that the unit m in the numerator and denominator cancel out, leaving only ft in the final answer: 5 m x 10.76 /_m
2. Multiply square feet by 0,093. One square foot is roughly equal to 0.093 square feet. To convert square feet to square meters, multiply by 0.093:
   • 400 square feet
     = 400 ft x 0.093 /_ft
     = 37.2 square meters.
3. Understand what this means. Square meters and square feet are two ways of indicating the same thing: area. If you cut a square one meter long and one meter wide from a sheet of paper, it will have an area of ​​one square meter. Likewise, a square piece of paper one foot long and one foot wide has an area of ​​one square foot. The conversion "1 square meter = 10.76 square feet" means that 10.76 "square feet" of a sheet of paper will fit exactly on a one square meter sheet of paper.
   • If you're having trouble visualizing the decimal, imagine 10 square feet that will fit within one square meter, leaving a small space. The extra space has an area of ​​0.76 square feet.
4. Check if your answer makes sense. It's all too easy to accidentally use the wrong formula, especially when you need to do a lot of conversions. After you find your answer, compare it to your original measurement to see if you made a mistake:
   • If you converted from square feet to square meters, your answer must be a value smaller than the original value.
   • If you converted from square meters to square feet, your answer should have a value greater than the original value.
5. Check your answer with an online calculator. These aren't the easiest numbers to remember, but you can easily look them up on the Internet if you've forgotten them. It might even be enough to enter something like "conversion 8 square meters to square feet" in a search engine to get the answer right away.
   • This is also more accurate than multiplying by hand because it uses more exact values. (For example, 1 square foot = 0.092903 square meters, or 1 square meter = 10.7639 square feet. answer that 'is a good approximation'.

Method 2 of 2: Convert based on length measurements

1. Know that length and area are very different things. A common mistake is to confuse units of length (feet or meters) with area units (square foot or square meter). These are completely different units and require different conversion formulas.If you ever forget which one to use, remember the following:
   • Length uses "one-dimensional" units because there is only one value: you only need to use the ruler once and you're done.
   • Area uses "two-dimensional" units, because you have to measure twice. For example, a square has both length and width, and you have to multiply them to find the area.
2. Learn to convert feet to meters. If you have measured a length in feet, you can only convert it to meters (because square meters is a unit of area). To do the conversion from feet to meters, multiply the height in feet by 0.305.
   • A hose 2 feet long is (2 ft) x (0.305 m / ft) = 0.61 meters long.
3. Convert meters to feet. To convert the other way around, multiply the length in meters by 3.28:
   • A 4 meter high wall is (4 m) x (3.28 ft / m) = 13.12 ft high.
4. Convert one square meter using twice the length conversion. There are no separate length and area conversions, just to confuse you. Just as you can calculate twice the length to get the area of ​​a square, you can do the length conversion twice to turn it into an area conversion. Review the following example:
   • Let's say you want to convert a square meter to square feet. You forgot the area conversion, but you still know how to convert the length: 1 meter = 3.28 feet.
   • Draw a square and indicate the length and width as 1 meter for each.
   • Since 1 meter = 3.28 ft, you can cross off both units of the meter and write "3.28 ft" instead.
   • To find the area of ​​this square, multiply the length and width: 3.28 ft x 3.28 ft = 10.76 ft.
   • Note that this is the same as the area conversion: 1 square meter = 10.76 square feet.

Tips

• Can you see how the two conversions are related (1 m = 10.76 ft and 1 ft = 0.093 m)? It turns out they are inverse of each other, meaning 1 / 10.76 = 0.093. This means you will get the same result if you convert from square meters to square feet and vice versa.