Area Calculator
With length 12 ft, width 10 ft, area comes to 120.00 sq ft — area. It is reached in 4 steps, the last of which is shape_rectangle ? a_rectangle : shape_square ? a_square : shape_triangle ? a_triangle : shape_heron ? a_heron : shape_circle ? a_circle : shape_sector ? a_sector : shape_ellipse ? a_ellipse : shape_trapezoid ? a_trapezoid : shape_parallelogram ? a_parallelogram : a_polygon, and each one is printed on the page with its numbers filled in. The formula is the one published by Wolfram MathWorld, not an approximation fitted to it.
Area of a rectangle, triangle, circle, sector, ellipse, trapezoid, parallelogram or regular polygon — in square feet, square yards, acres and square metres.
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Shape Rectangle, Length 12 ft, Width 10 ft
120.00 sq ft
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- Area
120 sq ft- Square yards
square_feet / 913.333 sq yd- Acres
square_feet / 435600.003 ac- Square metres
square_feet * 0.0929030411.148 m²
Several at once
A job is rarely one of anything. Work out the first, add it, change the figures and add the next — the list keeps what each line was, and totals them.
Worked example
A room 12 ft by 10 ft is 120 square feet. That is 13.33 square yards, which is the number a carpet supplier quotes in, and 11.15 square metres, which is the number a European listing gives.
How to work it out yourself
- 1.Pick the shape. A room with a bay window is two shapes added together, not one awkward one.
- 2.Measure the perpendicular height for a triangle, a trapezoid or a parallelogram. The sloping side is longer and gives an answer that is too big.
- 3.Add a waste allowance before ordering flooring or turf: the calculator gives the area, not the amount to buy.
The formula
- Area
- Square yards
square_feet / 9 - Acres
square_feet / 43560 - Square metres
square_feet * 0.09290304
Source: Wolfram MathWorld — plane geometry, NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
Questions people actually ask
- How many square feet are in a square yard?
- Nine. A yard is three feet, and area goes as the square, so three by three. That factor of nine is the reason a carpet quote and a room measurement can look wildly different for the same floor — and the reason to check which unit a price is per before comparing two of them.
- How do I find the area of an odd-shaped room?
- Cut it into rectangles and triangles, work each one out and add them. That is what a surveyor does, and it beats any single formula for an L-shaped room or a bay. Where a curve is involved, a sector handles the round end and a rectangle handles the rest.
- Can I find a triangle’s area without knowing its height?
- Yes, from the three sides, using Heron’s formula: half the perimeter, minus each side in turn, multiplied together and square-rooted. Choose the three-sides mode above. It is the practical one outdoors, where measuring a perpendicular height to a sloping corner is far harder than measuring three edges with a tape.
- Why is an acre 43,560 square feet?
- Because it was a chain by a furlong — 66 feet by 660 feet — the strip a team of oxen could plough in a day. The odd number is inherited rather than designed, and it is exact: an acre is 43,560 square feet by definition, not by approximation.
- What is a "square" in roofing?
- One hundred square feet. Shingles are sold and quoted by the square, so a 2,400 square foot roof is 24 squares before waste. It is a trade unit, not a standard one, and it exists nowhere else in construction.
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