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Square Foot to Are Conversion Formula Example What is a Square Foot (ft²)?How Big is a Square Foot?Why Square Feet Are Essential in Real Estate How to Convert Square Feet to Square Meters (m²)How to Calculate Square Footage What is an Are (a)?From Are to Hectare: A Common Land Measurement The History and Modern Use of the Are Related Metric Units: Centiare, Decare, and Hectare What is the imperial system?What is the metric system?Square Foot to Are Conversion Table

Square Foot to Are Conversion Formula

To convert from Square Foot (ft2) to Are (a), use the following formula:

$\textbf{ Are} \text{ (a)}$

$= \frac{1}{10.7639} \times \frac{1}{100}\times \textbf{ Square Foot} \text{ (ft2)}$

$= 0.00092903129906446548184\times \textbf{ Square Foot} \text{ (ft2)}$

With $\frac{1}{10.7639}$ is the ratio between the base units Square Meter (m2) and Square Foot (ft2).

Example

Let's convert 5 Square Foot (ft2) to Are (a).

Using the formula:

$5 \times 0.00092903129906446548184 = 0.0046451564953223274092$

Therefore, 5 Square Foot (ft2) is equal to $0.0046451564953223274092$ Are (a).

What is a Square Foot (ft²)?

A square foot (ft²) is a unit of area used in the imperial system of measurement, which is common in the United States. Its plural form is square feet.

It's a fundamental measurement for understanding the size of any physical space.

How Big is a Square Foot?

A square foot is simply the area of a square with sides that are one foot long.

Since a foot equals 12 inches, that same space measures 12 by 12 inches, or 144 square inches in total.

For a quick comparison, a standard sheet of printer paper is smaller than one square foot. It's this straightforward measurement that makes it the standard for measuring rooms, houses, and floor plans.

Why Square Feet Are Essential in Real Estate

In the United States real estate market, the square foot is the most common unit used to describe the size of a property.

This measurement, known as "square footage," represents the total floor area of apartments, houses, and commercial buildings.

Square footage is a primary factor in determining a property's value, rental price, and marketability.

Buyers and renters rely on this number to compare different properties and understand precisely how much living or working space they are getting. For example, knowing a bedroom is 120 square feet helps you visualize if your queen-sized bed will fit comfortably.

How to Convert Square Feet to Square Meters (m²)

Since many parts of the world use the metric system, knowing how to convert square feet to square meters is essential.

The conversion is:

1 square foot ≈ 0.0929 square meters (1ft² ≈ 0.0929m²)

This conversion is crucial for international business, science, and real estate, as it enables a clear understanding of the area, regardless of the measurement system used.

How to Calculate Square Footage

Calculating the square footage of a rectangular or square area is simple. You need to multiply the length of the space by its width.

Formula: Length × Width = Square Footage

For example, if a room is 10 feet long and 12 feet wide, its square footage is 120 ft² (10 ft × 12 ft = 120 ft²).

What is an Are (a)?

An are (a) is a metric unit of area, defined as 100 square meters (100 m²).

It is part of the same system as the more widely known hectare. The plural form is ares.

From Are to Hectare: A Common Land Measurement

The hectare (ha), a much more common unit for measuring land, is derived directly from the are.

The prefix 'hecto-' means 100, so one hectare is equal to 100 ares.

Since one are is 100 square meters, a hectare is equivalent to 10,000 square meters (100 ares × 100 m²/are). This makes the hectare an ideal unit for measuring large areas, such as farms, forests, and parks.

The History and Modern Use of the Are

The are was first established as part of the original French metric system in 1795. It was designed to serve as a standard base unit for measuring land, simplifying calculations required by older, traditional units.

While the hectare is more common today in agriculture and forestry, the are is still used in specific contexts, such as real estate and land registries in many countries, particularly throughout Europe.

The are serves as the foundation for other metric units of land area, making conversions straightforward. The most common related units include:

Centiare (ca): Equal to one-hundredth of an are. This makes a centiare precisely one square meter (1 m²).
Decare (daa): Equal to ten ares, or 1,000 square meters (1,000 m²). The decare is often used for land measurement in parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Hectare (ha): Equal to one hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters (10,000 m²).

What is the imperial system?

The imperial system is a system of measurement that was first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824. It's known for using units like inches, feet, pounds, and gallons. While most of the world now uses the metric system, the imperial system remains the official system of measurement in the United States and is still used in specific contexts in other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Canada.

What is the metric system?

The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement used by nearly every country in the world. Its key feature is the use of prefixes to denote multiples and submultiples of the base units by powers of ten.

Square Foot to Are Conversion Table

Here are some quick reference conversions from Square Foot (ft2) to Are (a):

Square Feet	Ares
0.000001 ft2	$9.2903129906446548184\times 10^{-10}$ a
0.001 ft2	$9.2903129906446548184\times 10^{-7}$ a
0.1 ft2	$0.000092903129906446548184$ a
1 ft2	$0.00092903129906446548184$ a
2 ft2	$0.0018580625981289309637$ a
3 ft2	$0.0027870938971933964455$ a
4 ft2	$0.0037161251962578619274$ a
5 ft2	$0.0046451564953223274092$ a
6 ft2	$0.005574187794386792891$ a
7 ft2	$0.0065032190934512583729$ a
8 ft2	$0.0074322503925157238547$ a
9 ft2	$0.0083612816915801893366$ a
10 ft2	$0.0092903129906446548184$ a
20 ft2	$0.018580625981289309637$ a
30 ft2	$0.027870938971933964455$ a
40 ft2	$0.037161251962578619274$ a
50 ft2	$0.046451564953223274092$ a
100 ft2	$0.092903129906446548184$ a
1000 ft2	$0.92903129906446548184$ a
10000 ft2	$9.2903129906446548184$ a

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