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Square feet are used to measure the surface area of an object e.g. the surface of a table that is 3 feet wide and 4 feet long has a surface area of 4 x 3 = 12 square feet. Cubic feet are used to measure the volume an object takes up e.g. the volume of a chest freezer that is 4 feet long, 3 feet high and 2 feet deep is 4 x 3 x 2 = 24 cubic feet.

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Cubic Feet is a different measure than Square Feet. Square Feet is measurement of Area such as the amount of carpet needed to cover a floor. Cubic Feet is the measurement of Volume, such as the amount of air contained in a room. You can't compare the two.

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A square foot is a 2-dimensional shape with four equal sides that all measure one foot in length. A cubic foot is a 3-dimensional box shape that contains six equal surfaces that are all square feet. A square foot is a 1ft by 1ft shape, while a cubic foot is 1ft by 1ft by 1ft shape

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OK, let's look at 2 objects.

A piece of paper and a box.

There are only 2 dimensions to the paper, length and width.

However, the box has *3* dimensions: length, width and depth!

(or you can look at it as length, width, and height. your preference)

Square feet (or square inches, square yards... any square "unit of measurement") is the product of the length and the width. (for squares, and rectangular objects - there are different formulas for other shapes)

For example, let's say our piece of paper is 3 feet wide, by 10 feet long.

We can find the AREA of the paper by multiplying 3x10, or 30 square feet of area.

(Area [of a square or rectangle]= length x width)

Think of area as the measurement of "how many 1 by 1 squares will fit ON the surface of a flat object". Think triangles, squares, circles. Anything 2 dimensional, with only width and length.

Cubic feet (or cubic inches... etc) is a measurement of how much VOLUME an object has.

For example, let's say our box is 10 inches long, by 5 inches wide and 3 inches deep (or high).

We want to know "how many 1 by 1 by 1 cubes can I fit INTO this object ", that is... it's VOLUME. Think 3 dimensional objects, such as pyramids, boxes, globes. Anything with length, width, and depth.

Similarly to how we found area, volume is just the product of the length x width x depth. (Similarly to the area formula, there are different volume formulas for other shapes, like pyramids or globes.)

(volume [of a box, or cube] = length x width x depth)

volume = 10 x 5 x 3

= 50 x 3

= 150 cubic inches

So remember, area is measured in square units and is useful for flat things.

Volume is measured in cubic units and is useful for non-flat things, like our box.

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A foot is a measure of length - and is twelve inches long

A square foot is a measure of area - a space measuring 12 inches wide and 12 inches long is one square foot in area.

A cubic foot is a measure of volume - an object 12 inches wide, 12 inches long and 12 inches high has a volume of one cubit foot.

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Square feet is the flat surface (eg floor area)

Cubic feet includes height.

because with the square feet its length and width, only 2 dimensions

and cubic feet is for volume where you multiply length, width and height, that's three dimensions.

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"Cubic foot" is a unit of volume or capacity, as of a box, a bottle, or a balloon.

"Square foot" is a unit of area or coverage, as of a bedroom floor or a garden plot.

The two units have different dimensions, and are used to measure different types of quantities. Neither one can be converted into the other one, and they can't be directly compared. That would be like asking: "Which is larger, a month or a gallon ?"

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They are different. Square is a flat area, like the size of a carpet. Cubic is a VOLUME, like the shape of a box. They are not comparable.

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A meter is several times as long as a foot. Thus a square meter is several time as large as a square foot.

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