How to Convert to Square Metres (Meters)

Area is a two-dimensional space, such as the floor space in a room or the space in a parking lot. In the metric system, the square meter is used to quantify area. However, other units are also used, such as the square kilometer, square centimeter, square inch, square foot and square yard. If you have area measures in different units, you have to convert them to a common unit in order to compare them.

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  Divide the number of square centimeters by 10,000 square cm per square meter to convert to square meters. For example, if you had 15,000 square cm, you would divide 15,000 by 10,000 square cm per square meter to get 1.5 square meters.

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  Multiply the number of square kilometers by 1 million square meters per square kilometer to convert to square meters. For example, if you had 3 square km, you would multiply 3 square km by 1 million square meters per square km to get 3 million square meters.

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  Divide the number of square inches by 1,550 square inches per square meter to convert from square inches to square meters. For example, if you had 3,100 square inches, you would divide 3,100 square inches by 1,550 square inches per square meter to get 2 square meters.

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  Divide the number of square feet by 10.76 square feet per square meter to convert to square meters. For example, if you had 20 square feet, you would divide 20 square feet by 10.76 square feet per meter to get about 1.8587 square meters.

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  Divide the number of square yards by 1.196 square yards per square meter to convert to square meters. For example, if you had 5 square yards, you would divide 5 square yards by 1.196 square yards per square meter to get about 4.18 square meters.