Conversion of Area

First, you should understand Conversion of Length. If you are comfortable converting miles to kilometres, etc, then you are half way there.

To convert area, simply remember that area is length by width:

Area = Length × Width

So, you need to convert once for the length and once again for the width. It is that easy.

Just do the length conversion twice.

We know that three feet make a yard:

1 yd = 3 ft

So, the Length conversion is to multiply by 3

And so the Area conversion must be to multiply by 3, and multiply by 3 again.

Result is 3 × 3 = 9

There are 9 square feet in a square yard.

Count the 1 ft squares, and you will see why:

The conversion for feet to meters is:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

So the Length conversion is to multiply by 0.3048
And so the Area conversion must be to multiply by 0.3048 and multiply by 0.3048 again:

30 × 0.3048 × 0.3048 = 2.79

So, 30 ft² = 2.79 m²