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About Square Feet Units
A square foot is a unit of area measurement defined as the area of a square whose sides each measure one foot in length. In other words, if you draw a square with sides of one foot, the inside area is one square foot.
This unit is widely used in real-estate, architecture, construction and interior design in many countries that follow British or U.S. customary systems.
Since one foot is 12 inches, a square foot corresponds to 144 square inches, or approximately 0.092903 square metres.
Using square feet makes it easy to express the size of rooms, buildings or plots in units familiar in markets such as India, the U.S., Canada and elsewhere.
Square Feet to Square Yard calculation formula
Square yards=Square Feet / 9
One square yard is equal to approximately 9 square feet.
This conversion is based on the standard relationship between the two units, where one yard equals three feet. It is universally accepted and commonly used in real estate, construction, and land measurement across many regions.
About Square Yard Units
A square yard is a unit of area defined as the area of a square with sides each one yard long (i.e., three feet or 36 inches) – meaning each side is one yard.
Because one yard equals three feet, a square yard equals 3 ft × 3 ft = 9 sq ft. In metric terms, one square yard is approximately 0.836127 square metres.
This unit remains common in real-estate and land-measurement contexts in countries such as India, Pakistan, the UK and the U.S., especially for plots, carpeting, survey rates etc.
The History of Square Feet
The concept of a “foot” as a unit has ancient roots: many cultures used a foot-length based on the human foot or a standard rod.
When the concept of area measurement was formalised, the “square foot” simply represented the two-dimensional extension of that linear unit: one foot by one foot. For example, sources mention the term “square foot” being recorded as early as the late 17th century.
In the 20th century, as metrication progressed, the foot and thus the square foot were defined more precisely: the international foot is exactly 0.3048 metres.
In real-estate and construction, the square-foot measurement became a standard because it is easy for architects, builders and buyers to visualise room sizes, floor plans and property area.
The History of Square Yard
The yard itself has older origins: in medieval England the yard was used as a measure of length (there are references to it in statutes around 1300) and later standardised.
Once the yard was defined, the square yard followed naturally as the area equivalent: one yard by one yard. In England and other British-influenced countries the square yard became a common land- and fabric-measurement unit.
Because the yard was an everyday unit of length, the square yard found practical use in surveying land, measuring plots, lawns, fabrics, carpets, so it became embedded in property and textile usage.
Thus the square yard carries a legacy tied to the imperial measurement system and remains present today in many real-estate markets.
Difference between Square Feet and Square Yard
Square Feet
Square Yard
A square foot is the area of a square with each side measuring one foot (12 inches).
A square yard is the area of a square with each side measuring one yard (3 feet or 36 inches).
It is a smaller unit of area used for measuring floor space, rooms, or apartments.
It is a larger unit of area often used to measure land, plots, and open spaces.
One square foot equals 0.092903 square meters.
| One square yard equals 0.836127 square meters. |
The square foot is commonly used in countries like the United States, India, and Canada for property and interior measurements.
The square yard is preferred in countries like India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom for real estate and land dealings.
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