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Measurement
Area Conversion Table
Values shown for 1 Square Meter
About Area Conversions
Area scales as the square of length, so the conversion factors get large fast. One square mile is about 2.59 million square meters; one acre, originally the patch a yoke of oxen could plow in a day, is exactly 43,560 square feet. Real estate is where the numbers bite: a buyer comparing an apartment listed in square meters against one in square feet needs the conversion right, since a small percentage error compounds across a large floor plan. Farmland trades in hectares (10,000 m²) almost everywhere, but in acres across the US and UK, so cross-border land deals turn on getting the swap right.
| Unit Name | Symbol | Value | Formula |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acre | ac | 0.000247105 | multiply by 4046.8564224 |
| Hectare | ha | 0.0001 | multiply by 10,000 |
| Square Centimeter | cm² | 10000 | divide by 10,000 |
| Square Foot | ft² | 10.7639 | multiply by 0.09290304 |
| Square Inch | in² | 1550 | multiply by 0.00064516 |
| Square Kilometer | km² | 0.000001 | multiply by 1,000,000 |
| Square Meter | m² | 1 | base unit |
| Square Mile | mi² | 3.86102 × 10⁻⁷ | multiply by 2,589,988.110336 |
| Square Millimeter | mm² | 1000000 | divide by 1,000,000 |
| Square Yard | yd² | 1.19599 | multiply by 0.83612736 |