How to work out Sq Metres? Sq Mtr Calculator?

[Warren Beard]

1m x 1m = 1m2

0.8m x 1.65m = 1.32m2

[Gwaredd Steele]

Cheers mate. I was using that method, but had a sudden fear I was doing it wrong & getting my quotes all bobbins!

[Phill Fenton]

I would have drawn a grid pattern out on the floor made out of boxes each 1 metre square. Then I would have cut the prints up into shapes to fill the boxes. Then count up how many boxes you’ve filled to find out how many square metres of print you bought…… 😕

[Fred McLean]

😮 😀

[Tim Painter]

Phill can you tell me where I can BUY those Boxes? :lol1:

[Ian Muir]

There is an easier way…. draw at 1:1 scale the outline of the print you are intending to buy (on the floor or on a workbench).

Buy enough ice cube trays from poundstretcher to cover the inside of your outline (you may need to cut some to get an exact fill).

Now count the trays… heres the clever bit… each ice cube has an area of almost exactly 1.5 sq inches…… so 14 ice cubes to a tray.

Multiply trays by 14 then add on the number of cubes in the partial trays.

Divide by 1.5

Right, in 1 sq metre there is 10.76535 sq feet and in each sqaure foot there is 144 sq inches.

So now you can easily divide the number of cubes by 144 to get the number of sq feet and then in turn divide by 10.76535 results in the number of sq meters.

QED

N.b. figures cannot be guaranteed if using trays not bought from poundstretcher!

You could save on trays by making ice cubes from them and use those, but you will have to work quickly before they have chance to melt and reduce their area.

Ian :lol1:

[Gwaredd Steele]

Could you tell me how much these trays are likely to cost from poundstretcher 😕

😉 that aside for me having a blonde moment this morning, turns out I am being ripped off print calculation wise, so am glad I double checked – even if I do look & feel the biggest fool on the internet today 😳

[Chris Wool]

quote Gwaredd Steele:

Could you tell me how much these trays are likely to cost from poundstretcher 😕

😉 Pisstake aside for me having a blonde moment this morning, turns out I am being ripped off print calculation wise, so am glad I double checked – even if I do look & feel the biggest fool on the internet today 😳

i feel for you had my own moments latley

they may be charging by the running mt in my case 1300 wide by 1mt

chris

[DaneRead]

on this subject

how do you work out square meter size buy using millimeters. i hate to put the point in between my measurements. i always mess it up on the calculator especially 30mm just say i then have to type 0.03

how do you convert square millimeters to square meters.

i learnt this at school ages ago. but i cant remember.

[Colin Crow]

If you think yours was a stupid question make yourself feel better and read this one

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index … 508AAKhUd3

Colin

[Alan Drury]

I get charged by the running metre rather than the square metre too and understandingly 1 metre is the minimum run that said I fill up any spare space with other jobs – labels etc. Always supply them with a print ready file though so no messing their end.
Alan D

[Lynn Normington]

you have to ask your self why !!! 🙄 reply to Colins mail 😀

Lynn

[Tim Painter]

DIY programs have a lot to answer for… 🙄

[Ian Muir]

quote DaneRead:

on this subject

how do you work out square meter size buy using millimeters. i hate to put the point in between my measurements. i always mess it up on the calculator especially 30mm just say i then have to type 0.03

how do you convert square millimeters to square meters.

i learnt this at school ages ago. but i cant remember.

To convert millimeters into metersI’m afraid you have to use the decimal point Dane (that’s why it was invented, although in many other countries they use a comma).

1000mm = 1m >>> 1mm = 0.001 m

1m2 = 1m x 1m >>> 1000mm x 1000m = 1,000,000 mm2 , so divide your sqmm by 1 million or 1 x 106 to get sq meters

Ian :lol1:

[Robert Lambie]

or you could try this? 😀

http://www.onlineconversion.com/room_area.htm

[Tommy Olsson]

DaneRead

A little math lesson 🙂

1 meter is 1000 mm. An easy way how to remember how to write millimeters in meters is to always use three digits after the point. For example: 5 mm=0.005 m, 50 mm=0.050 m, 230 mm=0.230 m.

When you get over 1000 mm you put the thousand value before the point and the rest behind f.ex. 12560 mm=12.560 m, 2043 mm=2.043 m, 5003 mm=5.003 m.

For the area counting bit you just take f.ex. 125 mmx1200 mm=0.125×1.200 m=0.15 square meter.

Hope you get a bit wiser 🙂

[Phill Fenton]

I was telling my son about this thread today and he told me about a question that was posted on a forum he visits.

Apparently some guy from America had asked if you could buy Bananas in Scotland.

My son had responded by asking "what’s a banana?"

The guy from America then replied with a detailed description and even posted a picture of a Banana to show everybody.

My son responded with "wow – a yellow cucumber – didn’t know you could get yellow cucumbers in America"…

And so it went on.

Which just proves people everywhere take the piss – it doesn’t just happen on this forum :lol1:

Anyway there was no malice intended – just people having a laugh and a gentle bit of teasing

[Chris Wool]

quote Phill:

I was telling my son about this thread today and he told me about a question that was posted on a forum he visits.

Apparently some guy from America had asked if you could buy Bananas in Scotland.

My son had responded by asking “what’s a banana?”

The guy from America then replied with a detailed description and even posted a picture of a Banana to show everybody.

My son responded with “wow – a yellow cucumber – didn’t know you could get yellow cucumbers in America”…

And so it went on.

Which just proves people everywhere take the (oh i swore !) – it doesn’t just happen on this forum :lol1:

Anyway there was no malice intended – just people having a laugh and a gentle bit of teasing

😀

i wonder where he got that from
😀

[David Rogers]

Phil…classic. Saving that one for posterity.

[Gwaredd Steele]

Hey guys, it’s Ok, – I can take it :p It was incredibly dumb, but we all have those moments where we forget to spell a simple word etc & our brain just locks up. Sometimes you have to laugh at yourself, put your head down & shuffle off :lol1: Sadly, working on my own, I have no-one to shout across to & say, "Hey, do you divide or multiply to work out m²?" So my first port of call is the tinternet.

I’m glad it turned out to be a simple equation, rather than some kind of secret printers code like multiplying the length of the material by the width, divided by the cost of ink used, multiplied by the width of the laminate.

If it was, it wouldn’t have been such a stupid question! In my defence, the last time I worked out m² was when I re-floored my house over 6 years ago. It’s just not an equation I use regularly.

Anyway, carry on – I’ll be over in the corner wearing a pointy hat! :you:

[DaneRead]

really like the mirror one very funny

sorry about my stupid post as well. i was actually hoping i could program a key on my calculator or something. wonder it that is possible.

I type square meters all the time but when you work in mm for everything design software, quotes etc. I just thought i could type with my calculator in mm and then buy a simple division i could get square metres. but i think dividing by 1000000 all the time may prove even more of a pain then just putting in the decimal point.

UNLESS.. you live in zimbabwe. then you will be used to it. :lol1:

[Lee Attewell]

Bugger it…Just work in what you understand mate…

Personally I work in beers as a measurement…Takes three beers to RIP and two to print…Costs X $ :lol1:

We all have brain farts, don’t stress on it 😀

[Graeme Harrold]

Just work in ‘m’ if you are after m2

400mm x 700mm square area would be:

0.4 x 0.7 to get 0.28m2

5700mm x 3400mm would be

5.7 x 3.4 to get 19.38 m2

Always convert your base units rather than the answer, it keeps things simple.

[Graeme Fletcher]

If it works for my kids it works for me….

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/convert.html :doh: