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Ghost👻 · 17h
Not quite top of the shop today, Pete W got a 2🙄.
Bohemia · 18h
It was spectacular! Went on for two hours! Then hailed lol
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Ahh now I think I understand where you are coming from.
I think the distinction here is distance vs area. A 4m perimeter is distance which is not written using squares. This is because square, or squares, denotes area.
A fence will be 4m in length.
Land or buildings covering the same area will be in square feet or square metres denoting the inner area bounded by the perimeter.

Whereas the term metres squared is usually only used in mathematics/physics formulas, which is probably why it feels like a local dialect and not an actual thing!

If it’s any consolation I routinely need to remind myself of the difference between sq metres and metres squared every time I go to review land and building valuations! Along with length only calculations for fencing.
Hope that helps!
Ghost👻 · 1d
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I’m not sure on the miles thing…
But this is the rule for metres.

“A "square metre" is not the same thing as a "metre square" - although it is true that exactly 1 square metre is exactly 1 meter square. But that only works for the numbers 1 and 0; no others.

For example, a square that is 2 metres long and 2 metres wide has 4 square metres of area.

2m x 2m = 4m2

But a square that is 4 metres squared would have 4 metres on each side. This means it would have 16 square metres of area.

4m x 4m = 16m2”

Further - the 4 sq m does not need to be shaped as a square. The 4m2 is a square.

So my understanding of the riddle is that 1 sq m and 1m2 have the same area but may not have the same shape.

I assume this is also the rule for miles but happy to be corrected if not, as talking miles to me is like talking to me in Swahili 🤭
Ghost👻 · 1d
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