If the object is longer than 1 meter, remember to include both the meter and centimeter parts of the measurement. For instance, "2 meters 35 centimeters. If you can't measure the entire length at once, do it in stages. Lay out the measuring tool, then put down a rock or other small object exactly at an easy to remember mark like 1 meter or 25 centimeters. Pick up the tool and lay it down again, starting at the small object. Repeat until the entire length is covered, and add all your measurements together.
If the room isn't rectangular, break it into a number of small rectangles, then measure those. For example, if the room is L-shaped, break that up into two non-overlapping rectangles. Measure the width. Use the same tool to measure the width of the same area or object. Unless the object you're measuring is much smaller than 1 meter, you can round to the nearest centimeter when making your measurements. For instance, if the width is slightly past the 1 meter 8 centimeter mark, just use '"1m 8cm" as your measurement, without using decimals or millimeter measurements.
Convert from centimeters to meters. Usually, the measurements won't divide evenly into meters. Instead, you'll have a measurement in both meters and centimeters, for example "2 meters 35 centimeters. Multiply the length and width together.
Once both measurements are converted into meters, multiply them together to get the measurement of the area in square meters. Use a calculator if necessary. For example: 2. Round to a more convenient measurement. If you get a long decimal as an answer, for instance 2. In fact, since you probably didn't measure correctly down to the tiniest fraction of a meter, the last digits probably aren't accurate anyway.
In most cases, you can round to the nearest centimeter 0. For a more accurate measurement, learn how to round to the significant digits. Whenever you multiply two numbers with the same units for instance, meters , the answer is always in the form of that unit squared m 2 , or square meters. Method 2.
Multiply square feet by 0. Measure the length and width in feet and multiply them together to get a result in square feet. For greater precision, multiply by 0. Multiply square yards by 0. If you have the measurement in square yards, multiply by 0.
Multiply acres by One acre contains about square meters. If you want to be more precise, multiply by Convert square miles to square kilometers instead. One square mile is much, much larger than a square meter, so typically it is converted into square kilometers instead. Multiply the square miles by 2. Or multiply by 2. Convert square meters to units of area, not length.
Multiply the length and width together. Once both measurements are converted into metres, multiply them together to get the measurement of the area in square metres. Use a calculator if necessary. For example: 2. Round to a more convenient measurement. If you get a long decimal as an answer, for instance, 2. In most cases, you can round to the nearest centimetre 0. Instead, grab a calculator and make the conversion to meters by dividing the number of feet in each measurement by 3.
If your room measures 13 feet long on one side, after the conversion, you have. Now that you know the room's length and width in meters, you calculate its area using the formula. When you multiply one measurement in meters by another measurement in meters, the result should always be labeled as square meters to avoid confusion. You can also write square meters as meters 2 or m 2 , which is read as meters squared.
The formula works if your room is a square or rectangle shape, but sometimes rooms are L-shaped, or maybe you want to measure the free floor space around the furniture that's already in the room. In that case, the easiest method is to break the room's shape into individual rectangles. Calculate the area of each rectangle in square meters and then add the areas to get the total area of the room in square meters. Almost certainly unchanged from when you first wrote your blog item.
A formal way to do describe things with well defined, precise, scientific language avoids the types of problem you describe. However, common parlance is commonly improperly used to describe scientific parameters, and these words without clear meaning cause confusion. I am sure people passionate about English who know dictionary meaning of words are similarly riled by common misuse.
Unfortunately, it is wrong. Adrian Waygood is correct… this entire post has been based on the misconception that we are dealing with a maths problem, when it is in fact an English problem. I agree Jeff but listen out to how many people do indeed say metres squared- dare I say the majority! The initial question was raised by the printed labels on items for sale, Which is very confusing when speaking to sales staff.
My gaffer posed this question when I was a joiner apprentice. I think one of them is.. The other, is I think As for simplicity if we take. How many times do people refer to feet squared? Never, because they have always known X square feet as a measure of area even when it is written as ft2. The problem is that metric has been badly implemented in the uk and everyone thinks this weird m2 abbreviation must be a literal metric thing.
The system has never been embraced and has been appallingly taught. It shows a lack of a fundamental understanding of metric. I could go on for days about this!!
There are very few places in the world where the SI is properly taught. Hmm, I agree with you Andy. Thank you for your help! What would you say to a square of side 1. The problem is trying to find out what is the legal aspect of ordering something that is written as 2 m squared and then recieving something that is only 2 square meters? I think I need another blog post on why it is written and said differently. Urgh I just wrote a massive reply and my phone gave up and the message disappeared.
That would be a piece of carpet 2m by 1m or 2m2. Best wishes and let me know how you get on. This is not the SI Standard Internationale the world standard of writing out square metres and metres squared. This is not the SI way of writing things out, but yes it has been written out like this when buying a carpet for example.
Square metres, sq m and sometimes sq mtrs are all used to denote the same thing, a unit of area. The International System was set up so that we all use the same units, names, symbols etc. For area that means square metres.
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