Metric area.
Type a value, pick units
10,000
1 hectare = 10,000 m²
Metric area ladder
- 1 m² = 10,000 cm² · 1 hectare = 10,000 m² · 1 km² = 100 hectares = 1,000,000 m².
- Each length step of ×10 becomes ×100 for area (because area = length × length).
- A hectare is a square 100 m on each side — about two football pitches.
Your turn
A room is 4 m × 3 m. What is its area in cm²?
Watch out
1 m² is 10,000 cm², not 100. Squaring the unit squares the conversion factor — the most common area-conversion blunder.
Conversions
- 1 m² = 10,000 cm²
- 1 hectare = 10,000 m²
- 1 km² = 100 hectares