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Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: DAV620 on Nov 2, 2012
What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: Smoren on Nov 2, 2012
foot is length, square foot is area


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: fireguy1 on Nov 2, 2012
foot = measurement for length, 1 dimension
square foot = measurement for area, 2 dimensions


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: fireman2101 on Nov 2, 2012
Foot is a measure of length.
Square foot is a measure of area, and is the length (in feet) multiplied by the width (also in feet), which produces the area (in square feet).


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: toni_roscas on Nov 2, 2012
a foot is 12 inches long and a sqaure foot is 12 inches long and 12 inches wide or 144 square inches (12 x 12 = 144)


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: rl127 on Nov 2, 2012
a foot is measuring length
a square foot is measuring area


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: rkoehler on Nov 2, 2012
A foot is the width of the material which could be any amount of feet in length.  A square foot is just that - a foot by a foot, regardless of length of material.  For example, if you are buying carpet you need to be aware of costing, as square foot will of course work out a bit more.  Hope I have made this simple for you.


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: Smoores on Nov 2, 2012
foot means one foot only whereas square foot means,foot in length and foot in breadth(two sides)


Title: What is the difference between a foot and a square foot in measuring?
Post by: tonya1807 on Nov 2, 2012
foot is unit of length
squared foot is unit of area.
tip:
squared foot = 1 (foot * foot)

Area of a square (side = 1 foot)
Area = side * side
Area = (1 foot) * (1 foot)
area = 1 (foot * foot)
area = 1 (squared foot)