What is 47ro in Square Metres?

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What is 47 Roods (47ro) in Square Metres (m²)?

What is 47ro in m²? Convert 47 Roods (47ro) to Square Metres (m²) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Roods to Square Metres

Formula
m² = ro x 1011.71
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Square Metres, multiply the number of Roods by 1 thousand
Roods (ro) in 1 Square Metre
There are 0 Roods in 1 Square Metre
Square Metres (m²) in 1 Rood
There are 1011.71 Square Metres in 1 Rood

Unit Information

Rood
/ruːd/
Symbol: ro
Unit System: Historic English

What is the Rood?

The rood is a unit of area used in historic England with the symbol ro.

Its unit size is equal to 1/4 of an acre, 10,890 ft² or 1,012m². A rectangle equal to one furlong in length and one rod in width is one rood in area.

Its use was very important in surveying land because of the ease of conversion into acres from smaller sections of land.

Square Metre
/skwɛːˌˈmiːtə/
Symbol:
Unit System: SI

What is the Square Metre?

The square metre is a unit of area and is an SI derived unit with the symbol m².

It was introduced in 1954 when the International System of Units was established and was derived directly from one of the original 6 base units - the metre (m).

It can be prefixed with any of the SI symbols that multiply it up or down such as km² (square kilometre) or µm2 (square micrometre). It is the most commonly used unit of area and is recognised all over the world.


Conversion Tables for Roods (ro) to Square Metres (m²)