Square foot

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square foot
Unit system Imperial, United States customary units
Unit of area
Symbolft2,sq ft
Conversions
1 ft2in ...... is equal to ...
    Imperial/US    
  • 144 sq in
  • 1/9sq yd
    SI units    
  • 929.0304 cm2
  • 0.0929 m2
Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area Comparison land area units.svg
Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area

The square foot (pl.square feet; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft2; also denoted by '2 and ) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Hong Kong.[ citation needed ] It is defined as the area of a square with sides of 1 foot.

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Although the pluralization is regular in the noun form, when used as an adjective, the singular is preferred. So, an apartment measuring 700 square feet could be described as a 700 square-foot apartment.[ citation needed ] This corresponds to common linguistic usage of foot.

The square foot unit is commonly used in real estate. [1] Dimensions are generally taken with a laser device, the latest in a long line of tools used to gauge the size of apartments [2] or other spaces. Real estate agents often measure straight corner-to-corner, then deduct non-heated spaces, and add heated spaces whose footprints exceed the end-to-end measurement. [3]

1 square foot conversion to other units of area:

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References

  1. "How to Find the Square Feet of Your Office Space". SquareFoot Blog. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. Santora, Marc (2010-12-17). "The Elusive Measure Known as the Square Foot". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. "Square Foot Calculator | How to Measure Square Feet". Home Improvement Tips & Advice from HomeAdvisor. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-14.