Square yard explained

square yard
Standard:Imperial, United States customary units
Quantity:area
Symbol:yd2
Symbol2:sq yd
Units1:Imperial/US
Units2:SI units

The square yard (Northern India: gaj, Pakistan: gaz) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit of area. It is in widespread use in most of the English-speaking world, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Pakistan and India. It is defined as the area of a square with sides of one yard (three feet, thirty-six inches, 0.9144 metres) in length.

Symbols

There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:

Conversions

One square yard is equivalent to:

See also

Notes and References

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