2 ft square

12"x24"

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Re: 2 ft square

Dale Lenz

>24"x24" is 2' by 2' or 2' x 2'= 4 sq. ft. 12" x12" or 1'x1' =1sq.ft. Can be confusing without think about it.

Re: 2 ft square

Howard Norman-Prescott, AZ

>2 ft square is 24"x24". However 2 square feet is 12x24".

Howard

Re: Stand Corrected, Ron and Howard,,

Dale Lenz

>are correct. One of those "trick" question, : ' >. Dale

semantics

Robert Hutchins

>Where I was raised, to say something was so many feet (or foot) square meant that it was that many feet to a side; therefore '2 ft square' meant 4 square feet, 10 foot square meant 100 square feet. Of course, to avoid any misunderstanding, one would be precise and say 'two square feet' if one were convey the meaning of an area being 288 square inches, regardless of the dimension of its sides. I suspect that the meaning derived from eliding the 'd' in 'squared', as in, "The area was 3 feet square(d)."

Anyone familiar with the usage 'Monday week' versus 'a week Monday'? As I learned it, they mean two entirely different things and might mean something different depending on the context in which they were used.

Only English has so many nuances and regional differences - especially in the US of A.

...or 288 sq in......

Basil

>2 foot square would be 2' x 2'

2 square feet would be some combination of measurements that would yield 288 sq inches. ....and if you wanted that to be a square then the sides would measure the same in inches as the square root of 288.

Word Order Matters Greatly

John McGaw

>It seems pretty obvious that a 2 foot square is 2 feet on each edge making it 4 square feet and it can be no other shape than square. 2 square feet would be an object covering that area (288 square inches, etc) and an infinite range of objects could be 2 square feet since nothing says that it must be square, rectangular, or any other shape. A triangele can be 2 square feet as can a circle.

2 ft square not equal 2 ft. squared

bill tindal, E.TN

>A 2 foot square is 2 x 2 ', while 2 ft. squared is a boundary of 288 sq. inches.

Re: ceramic tile

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>I am not aware of any ceramic tile that comes in two foot squares.

Re: 2 ft square

Jesse in New Mexico

>Same issue when you are cooking from a recipe. 2 cups spinach, cooked is a lot less than 2 cups cooked spinach. DAMHIKT ;^)

Now THAT's funny...I don't care who y'are.

Jason Roehl in Mulberry, IN

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2 sqaure feet

Joe Piotrowski - Chicago Burb's

>makes it easy to buy shoes. you juts wear tge boxes home !

:)

remember to be fore warned is to be fore armed. and to have 4 arms makes it tough to buy a sweater!

I'm just full of silly nonsense!

Re: ceramic tile

Ernie Miller

>I don't know about ceramic tile but I have been seeing alot of clay tile that is 2' square. it is mostly used in sun rooms and outside terraces. not patios. they are for the common folk.