Cool Conversions -- Area --

14 A4 pages 1 sq yard .8 sq metres

17 A4 pages 1.1 sq yard 1 sq metre

pinhead 0.001 sq inch 1 sq mm

airline food tray (40 x 25cm)

  155 sq inches 1,000 sq cm

skin area - man 20 sq feet 1.85 sq metres

single bedsheet 48 sq feet 4.4 sq metres

table tennis table 45 sq feet

  5 sq yards 4.16 sq metres

car parking space (5 x 2 metres)

  107.6 sq feet

  11.9 sq yards 10 sq metres

Boxing ring 396 sq feet

  44 sq yards 36.7 sq metres

Tennis court 2,808 sq feet

  312 sq yards 260.75 sq metres

Basketball court 3,843 sq feet

  427 sq yards 364 sq metres

Ice hockey rink 9,999 sq feet

  1,111 sq yards 928.9 sq metres

Acre 43,560 sq feet

  4,840 sq yards 4,046.8 sq meters

Rugby union pitch 10,800 sq feet

  1,200 sq yards 1,003 sq meters

Taj Mahal floor area 97,970 sq feet

  10,885 sq yards 9,101 sq metres

St Peters, Rome floor area

  392,310 sq feet

  43,590 sq yards 36,446 sq metres

Soccer pitch 79,200 sq feet

  8,800 sq yards 7,300 sq metres

Hectare 107,640 sq feet

  11,960 sq yards 10,000 sq metres

Vatican City .17 sq miles .44 sq km

City of Florence, Italy 38.6 sq miles 100 sq km

Guernsey 25 sq miles 64.7 sq km

Malta 122 sq miles 316 sq km

Surface of Earth 196,940,000 sq miles 510,070,000 sq km

You can also compare the size of your 'something' with most countries in the world.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~kelky/sk/sizeofwales.html

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