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How to Convert Square Meters to Square Miles

Because the United States does not use the metric system, converting meters into a U.S. measurement unit such as a foot or mile is a common international practice. The metric system uses the meter as the base for measuring length, and the square meter to measure the surface area of a piece of land or an object. A kilometer is the closest metric measurement to the mile, so it is best to change square meters to square kilometers before converting to square miles.

Things You'll Need

Calculator
Land survey measuring tool

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the total surface area of the piece of land. If the land is too large for a tape measure, use a land surveying measure tool. For the example, assume the total surface area of the land is equal to 5,000 square meters.
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  Convert square meters to square kilometers by dividing the number of square meters by 1,000. For example if you had 5,000 square meters, it would be equivalent to 5 kilometers.
- 3
  Multiply the square kilometers by .386109, which is the square mile equivalent of one square kilometer. For example, if you had 5 square kilometers, it would be equivalent to approximately 1.93 square miles. Therefore, you can say 5,000 square meters is equivalent to 1.93 square miles.

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