12 square inches to square feet




Here we will explain and show you how to convert 12 square inches to square feet. Before we continue, note that 12 square inches to square feet is the same as 12 sqin to sqft, 12 in2 to ft2, and 12 in² to ft².

To create a formula to calculate 12 square inches to square feet, we start with the fact that one inch equals one twelfth of a foot. Therefore, this formula is true:

Inches × (1/12) = Feet

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

Inches² × (1/12)² = Feet²
Inches² × (1/144) = Feet²
in² × (1/144) = ft²


Below is an illustration showing you how one square inch fits into one square foot. The cut out in pink in the top left corner is one square inch. You can fit 144 square inches into one square foot.



Anyway, now we know that one square inch is equal to 1/144 square feet, and that the formula to convert square inches to square feet per the calculations above is as follows:

in² × (1/144) = ft²

When we enter 12 square inches into our formula, we get the answer to 12 square inches converted to square feet:

in² × (1/144) = ft²
12 × (1/144)
12 in² = 1/12 ft²
12 in² ≈ 0.083333 ft²

As you can see, shown above is the exact fractional answer to 12 square inches in feet and the rounded decimal answer to 12 square inches in feet.




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