Convert square and cubic units of length

Key Notes :

  • 1 metre (m) = 100 centimetres (cm)

Learn with an example

🎯 Convert:

_____ square metres = 10,000 square centimetres

  • Start with the given quantity, 10,000 square centimetres:
  • 10,000 cm2 Next, write a conversion factor to convert centimetres to metres. Make sure the conversion factor has centimetres in the denominator so that the units cancel properly. Since the units are squared, multiply by the conversion factor twice.

10,000 cm2 * 1 m / 100cm * 1m / 100cm

Now Simplify :

10,000 cm2 * 1 m2 / 10,000 cm2 Multiply the conversion factors

10,000 cm2 * 1 m2 / 10,000 cm2 Cancel cm2

1 m2 Divide

1 square metre = 10,000 square centimetres

🎯 Convert:

_____square centimetres = 1 square metre

  • Start with the given quantity, 1 square metre:
  • 1 m2 Next, write a conversion factor to convert metres to centimetres. Make sure the conversion factor has metres in the denominator so that the units cancel properly. Since the units are squared, multiply by the conversion factor twice.

1 m2 * 100 cm / 1 m * 100 cm / 1m

Now Simplify :

1 m2 * 10,000 cm2 / 1 m2 Multiply the conversion factors

1 m2 * 10,000 cm2 / 1 m2 Cancel m2

10,000 cm2 Multiply

10,000 square centimetres = 1 square metre

🎯 Convert :

_____square centimetres = 100 square millimetres

  • Start with the given quantity, 100 square millimetres:
  • 100 mm2 Next, write a conversion factor to convert millimetres to centimetres. Make sure the conversion factor has millimetres in the denominator so that the units cancel properly. Since the units are squared, multiply by the conversion factor twice.

100 mm2 * 1 cm / 10 mm * 1 cm / 10 mm

Now Simplify :

100 mm2 * 1 cm2 / 100 mm2 Multiply the conversion factors

100 mm2 * 1 cm2 / 100 mm2 Cancel mm2

1 cm2 Divide

1 square centimetres = 100 square millimetres

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