How many sq ft in 12 x 24?

Answer 1

12 x 24 is just a number, and there are no sq ft in pure numbers. If you meant 12in x 24 in then that's 1ft x 2 ft = 2 sq ft. If you meant 12ft x 24 ft then that's 288 sq ft. It is a common problem that a writer believes that the reader knows what the writer means. That might work in poetry, but it never works in maths and science.