When changing from square metres to acres it can be tricky to do in your head. Use our square metre to acre converter! Simple and accurate to use, try it.

Conversion Square Metres - Acres

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Conversor de Acres to Square Metres

With acres being the larger unit of surface area, square metres are used to calculate the area of smaller surfaces and places. Square metres will more commonly be used for indoor plots such as rooms or sports halls while acres will be used for larger quantites of land, although both units of area can be used for measuring land. Our square metres – acres converter is a handy tool, as are our other area converters.

How to use the Converter for Square Metres to Acres

In the sq m – ac calculator above, enter in the first box the quantity of square metres you want to calculate and click “convert” for the new quantity in acres to appear. If you want to work the other way, see our tool to convert acres to square metres.

Formula to Convert M² – Acres

When converting sq m – ac the mathematical formula behind the conversion is shown below. It is the same one used by our online converters and you can use it for manual calculations. As some examples, 12 sq m = 0.003 acres and 65 sq m = 0.065 acres

[number of] square metres / 4,046.86 = [number of] acres 

Unit of Square Metres

Square metres are a unit of area used to measure smaller places, commonly used in everyday situations and calculations. It is said that half a doorway approximately equates to one square metre and the unit is used frequently when measuring room sizes. Above you will find our sq m to ac conversion tool.

Unit of Acres

The unit of area known as acres is one of the larger measurements and most used when it comes to measuring land. The Middle Ages introduced us to this unit when it was a measurement of land that could be ploughed in one day. An American football field is said to almost be one acre in size. Use this square metres to acres calculator above for any conversion.