On 2007 Jan 20 , at 11:12 PM, Pat Naughtin wrote:
This example came from a company called A.V. Jennings and
Company ... You can see samples of their work athttp://
www.avjennings.com.au/VIC/home_designs?cid=703&pid=8216 Notice that
the lengths on the plans are all in millimetres
That web page referred to above contains a set of house plans. Below
the plans was the following table:
Living 296.90m² 31.96sq
Garage 43.50m² 4.68sq
Total 371.40m² 39.98sq
Some of the numerical values in that table intrigue and confuse me.
They apparently show the floor space of the house in square metres in
the second column. Now what's that in the third column?
When I first looked at it, I just assume the third column was going
to be "sq.ft." But when I compared the figures, it was clear that
that couldn't be correct because there are about 10 sq. ft. in one
square metre. Thus, the "living" area of 296.90 m^2 would be about
2969.0 sq. ft, (converting exactly and using 10 sq. ft. = 1 m^2). But
the given figures are much less, about one tenth the square metre
number rather than 10 times as large. I was chuckling about the
"error" in converting from square metres to square feet, which I was
presuming was done by dividing by a conversion factor of about 10
instead of multiplying by a factor of about 10.
Then I looked closer.
And I realized the that the designation after the number was just
"sq", not "sq.ft." Now I really am confused. What the heck is the
meaning of those values in the third column, anyway?
Bill Hooper
1810 mm tall
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
