Area
The amount of space taken up in a plane by a figure.
The number of square units needed to cover a surface.
- The derived SI unit of Area
- The derived SI unit of area is the m2.
| Conversions | ||||||
| 1 m2 | = | 1.19599 yd2 | 1 acre | = | 4.046856x103 m2 | |
| 1 Barn (b) | = | 10-28 m2 | 1 in2 | = | 6.4516 cm2 | |
| 1 square mile | = | 2.58999 km2 | 1 acre | = | 0.4046856 hectare | |
| 1 hectare | = | 10000 m2 | 1 yard2 | = | 0.836 m2 |
| Pacific Ocean | 165384000 km2 |
| China | 9560900 km2 |
| France | 543965 km2 |
See also: Are, Barn, Cross Sectional Area, Mensuration, Quadrature.
Subjects: Architecture Units