How do you convert square meters to square feet?
Multiply square meters by 10.7639 to get square feet (or divide square feet by 10.7639 to get square meters). Example: 10 m² × 10.7639 = 107.64 ft². The factor is the length factor squared: 1 m = 3.28084 ft, so 1 m² = 3.28084² = 10.7639 ft².
Source: Area conversion (1 m² = 10.7639 ft²) · Verify against your AHJ and the adopted code edition.
One square meter is about 10.7639 square feet, so:
square feet = square meters × 10.7639 (and square meters = square feet ÷ 10.7639)
Handy reference points:
| Square meters | Square feet |
|---|---|
| 1 m² | 10.76 ft² |
| 10 m² | 107.64 ft² |
| 50 m² | 538.20 ft² |
| 100 m² | 1076.39 ft² |
Area factors are the length factor squared. Because 1 m = 3.28084 ft, one square meter is 3.28084 × 3.28084 = 10.7639 ft² — not 3.28. That squaring is the step people most often miss when converting areas.
Work it out: the square footage calculator reports area in ft², yd², m², and acres at once, so you can read the metric and imperial area side by side.