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Old 03-07-12, 02:54 PM   #1
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Default 5 square meters, 5m2

Having an argument at work.

I THINK

5 square meters is 5 x 1 meter squares (imagine 5 massive flagstones that are 1m x 1m)

Then 5m2 is 5 meters x 5 meters (25 massive flagstones that are 1m x 1m)

MY BOSS THINKS

They are both the same

HIS BOSS THINKS

The opposite of what I said

Google and various other searchs come up with different answers. The other blokes in work can't agree.

What is the right answer
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Old 03-07-12, 02:55 PM   #2
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They're the same.

The "square" refers to area, area is always calculated based on length x depth.
I would guess one is an Americanism, but they're both the same.

5m2 doesnt equal 25m2, 5m2 = 5m2. Using your flagstone thing, both are 5No. 1x1m flagstones.

25m2 would require a 5x5square of 1x1m flagstones (or other variant)

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Old 03-07-12, 02:55 PM   #3
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They are both the same IMO. Although linguistically they ought not to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_metre
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Old 03-07-12, 02:58 PM   #4
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Default Re: 5 square meters, 5m2

5x5 = 5 squared = 25

5x1 = 5
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Old 03-07-12, 03:02 PM   #5
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They are both the same IMO. Although linguistically they ought not to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_metre
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Old 03-07-12, 03:43 PM   #6
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Having an argument at work.

I THINK

5 square meters is 5 x 1 meter squares (imagine 5 massive flagstones that are 1m x 1m)

Then 5m2 is 5 meters x 5 meters (25 massive flagstones that are 1m x 1m)
I agree.

Used to fit flooring for a living and they are not the same thing!
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Old 03-07-12, 03:48 PM   #7
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They're the same.

The "square" refers to area, area is always calculated based on length x depth.
I would guess one is an Americanism, but they're both the same.

5m2 doesnt equal 25m2, 5m2 = 5m2. Using your flagstone thing, both are 5No. 1x1m flagstones.

25m2 would require a 5x5square of 1x1m flagstones (or other variant)
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I agree.

Used to fit flooring for a living and they are not the same thing!

If you're saying what I think you're saying, I can understand why you no longer fit flooring for a living

Either you overpriced your jobs by five times or did them for a fifth of what they should've been.
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Old 03-07-12, 03:50 PM   #8
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I can't believe I'm reading this thread tbh, it's very basic maths.

Go buy a box of tiles or flooring, it will say on the box for a square metre, 1m2.
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Or perhaps he only put flooring in a fifth of each room?
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Old 03-07-12, 03:56 PM   #10
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So if you have a tile that is 1m x 1m and you call that 1 square meter. What do you call 5 of them?

I know you call it 5m x 1m really but you can see where the confusion lies.
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