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Convert Square Foot to Square Rod (ft² to rod²) instantly with accurate, readable results.
Convert between square meters, acres, square feet, hectares, and other common units with our Area Unit Converter. This intuitive unit conversion tool helps you calculate land size, floor space, and surface area across both metric and imperial systems. Whether you're working on real estate, construction, or geography tasks, our area unit conversion calculator ensures precise and instant results.
Square foot (ft²) - Imperial/US area unit
Square foot is an Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square 1 foot on a side. Used for floor space, building plans, and real estate listings.
- Symbol: ft²
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 ft² = (0.3048 m)² = 0.09290304 m² (exact) = 144 in²
- Other relations: 1 yd² = 9 ft²; 1 m² ≈ 10.7639104 ft²
- Typical examples: room and apartment areas, carpet/laminate coverage, HVAC load calculations
Square rod (sq rd; also perch, pole, lug) - traditional land area
Square rod is a historical Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square one rod on a side. Used in older land records and surveying alongside roods and acres.
- Symbols: sq rd, rd²; also “square perch”
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 sq rd = (16.5 ft)² = 272.25 ft² = (5.5 yd)² = 30.25 yd² = (5.0292 m)² = 25.29285264 m² (exact)
- Other relations: 40 sq rd = 1 rood; 160 sq rd = 1 acre; 16 sq rd = 1 square chain
- Typical examples: deed descriptions such as “2 roods 13 perches”; 19th-century cadastral plans