The square yard (
Northern India:
gaj,
Pakistan: gaz) is an
imperial unit
The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed thr ...
and
U.S. customary unit
United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and U.S. territories since being standardized and adopted in 1832. The United States customary system (USCS or USC) developed from English units ...
of
area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while ''surface area'' refers to the area of an open s ...
. It is in widespread use in most of the
English-speaking world, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Pakistan and India. It is defined as the area of a
square with sides of one
yard (three
feet
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, thirty-six
inches, 0.9144
metres) in
length.
Symbols
There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:
*square yards, square yard, square yds, square yd
*sq yards, sq yard, sq yds, sq yd, sq.yd.
*yards/-2, yard/-2, yds/-2, yd/-2
*yards^2, yard^2, yds^2, yd^2
*yards², yard², yds², yd²
Conversions
One square yard is equivalent to:
* 1,296
square inches
* 9
square feet
* ≈0.00020661157
acres
* ≈0.000000322830579
square mile
The square mile (abbreviated as sq mi and sometimes as mi2)Rowlett, Russ (September 1, 2004) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 22, 2012. is an imperial and US unit of measure for area. One square mile is an ar ...
s
* 836 127.36 square millimetres
* 8 361.2736
square centimetre
The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter ( American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square ...
s
* 0.83612736
square metre
The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter ( American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square ...
s
* 0.000083612736
hectares
* 0.00000083612736
square kilometres
* 1.00969
gaj
See also
*
1 E-1 m²
This page is a progressive and labelled list of the SI area orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
to square metres
10−8 to 10−1 square metres
100 to 107 square metres
108 to 1014 square metres
101 ...
for a comparison with other areas
*
Area (geometry)
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while ''surface area'' refers to the area of an open s ...
*
Conversion of units
Conversion of units is the conversion between different units of measurement for the same quantity, typically through multiplicative conversion factors which change the measured quantity value without changing its effects.
Overview
The process ...
*
Cubic yard
Cubic may refer to:
Science and mathematics
* Cube (algebra), "cubic" measurement
* Cube, a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex
** Cubic crystal system, a crystal system w ...
*
Metrication in Canada
Metrication in Canada began in 1970 and ceased in 1985. While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life t ...
*
Orders of magnitude (area)
*
Square (algebra),
Square root
References
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Units of area
Imperial units
Customary units of measurement in the United States