How many square meters are in one square foot?

• A. 0.405 square meters
• B. 0.028 square meters
• C. 0.093 square meters
• D. 0.836 square meters

Answer: (C)

Converting area units requires squaring the length conversion factor. One foot equals 0.3048 meters, so a square foot is (1 ft) × (1 ft) = (0.3048 m) × (0.3048 m) = 0.09290304 m². Rounded to three decimals, that’s 0.093 m². So one square foot is about 0.093 square meters. The other values come from using the wrong factor or forgetting to square the length conversion.