the simple answer is: because there is. its just the way maths rolls.
There are 144 square inches in a square foot. So, 500 square feet x 144 = 72,000 square inches.
144 square inches in a square foot.
You can't. The inch is a measure of length; the square foot is a measure of area. To convert SQUARE inches to square feet, divide the number of square inches by 144. (Since there are 12 inches in a foot, there are 12 x 12 = 144 square inches in a square foot.)
There are no inches in 1 square foot. A square foot is a measure of area. An inch is a measure of length. The two are incompatible. However, there are 144 square inches in a square foot.
144 inches in a square foot
144 sq inches144 of them.12 inches * 12 inches = 144 square inches.144144. 12 inches times 12 inches.1 foot is 12 inches. A square foot would be 12 inches long and 12 inches wide... that would be 12X12. You do the math, I won't finish your homework for you.9 sq. in. = 1 sq. ft.1 square foot=144 square inchesThere are 144 square inches in a square foot.144.One square foot is 144 square inches.a square foot is 12 inches x 12 inches so 144A square foot contains 144 square inches. One foot is 12 inches long, which has to be squared (12x12=144) to answer inches per square foot.1 foot = 12 inches1 square foot = 12 x 12 = 144 square inchesThere are 12 inches in every foot.Because the foot is squared, you square the 12.122 = 144There are 144 square inches in a square foot.9 sq. in. = 1 sq. ft.
No, 1 square foot = 144 square inches.
There are 144 square inches in a square foot. So, 500 square feet x 144 = 72,000 square inches.
Since a foot is twelve inches, a square foot = 12x12 = 144 square inches.
There are 144 square inches in a square foot.
144 square inches in a square foot.
144 inches in one square foot. Since it is a square foot you would take 12 inches time 12 inches to get 144.
There are 144 square inches in one square foot.
There are 144 square inches in one square foot.
== I hope that this is what you are looking for, but there are 144 square inches in a square foot. There are 12 inches in a foot so 12x12== 144. ===
Yes because 1 foot = 12 inchesA square with an area of 1 square foot is 1 foot (long) by 1 foot (wide). Since a foot is 12 inches, the square area would be 12 inches long by 12 inches wide. If we filled the whole 12 inch by 12 inch box with little 1 inch by 1 inch boxes, we would have 144 little 1 square inch boxes.We can also multiple:12 inches x 12 inches = 144 inchesinches or 144 inches squared or 144 square inches.It does not have to be the shape of a square. if we arranged the 144 square inches in a box 6 inches by 24 inches (6 x 24 = 144) or a box 8 inches by 18 inches (8 x 18 = 144 or 2 inches by 72 inches (2 x 72 = 144) or even line of 1 inches by 144 inches (1 x 144 =144), they all are 144 square inches or 1 square foot. Even 1/2 inch by 288 inches or 1/4 inch by 576 inches has an area of 1 square foot.
144 square inches in 1 square foot.