Unit of measure of surface that corresponds to the area of a square with 1 metre sides.
The square metre is a unit of measurement that is used to calculate area (the area being the measure of the surface considered).
Properties
- One square metre is equal to 100 square decimetres and we write: 1 m2 = 100 dm2
- One square metre is equal to 10 000 square centimetres and we write: 1 m2 = 10 000 cm2
- One square metre is equal to 1 000 000 square millimetres and we write: 1 m2 = 1 000 000 mm2
Notation
The notation for the square metre is « m2 » which signifies “square metre.”