Convert 3 square feet to square meters (3 sqft to sqm)

3 square feet to square meters

Here we will explain and show you how to convert 3 square feet to square meters. Before we continue, note that 3 square feet to square meters is also known as 3 square feet to meters, 3 sqft to sqm, 3 ft2 to m2, and 3 ft² to m².

To create a formula to calculate 3 square feet to square meters, we start with the fact that one foot equals 0.3048 meters. Therefore, this formula is true:

Feet × 0.3048 = Meters

However, we are dealing with square feet and square meters, which means feet and meters to the 2nd power. Thus, we take both sides of the formula above to the 2nd power to get this result:

Feet² × 0.3048² = Meters²
Feet² × 0.09290304 = Meters²
ft² × 0.09290304 = m²

Now we know that one square foot is equal to 0.09290304 square meters, and the formula to convert square feet to square meters is as follows:

ft² × 0.09290304 = m²

Below is an illustration showing you how one square foot fits into one square meter. The cut out in orange is how one square foot fits into the entire square meter. One square foot is 9.290304 percent of a square meter.

square foot to square meter illustration

square foot to square meter illustration

When we enter 3 square feet into our newly created formula, we get the answer to 3 square feet converted to square meters:

ft² × 0.09290304 = m²
3 × 0.09290304
= 0.27870912
3 ft² = 0.27870912 m²

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