How do you find out what 33.2 squared turned into meters squred is?

Question

The question looks like 33.2km^2=_____m^2

Answer 1

33,200,000 m^2 is the answer.

You convert units (1 km = 1000m) by multiplying by the ratio of the units you want to the units you have (1000m/1km, which is really just multiplying by 1 since those are the same distance). Then you cancel the units just as you would cancel numeric values or variables in the numerator and denominator. In this case, since you are starting with km^2, you have to multiply by (1000m/1km)^2:

33.2 km^2 =
33.2 km*km * (1000m/1km) * (1000m/1km) =
33,200,000 (km * km * m * m / (km * km) ) =
33,200,000 m * m =
33,200,000 m^2

Answer 2

How many square meters make up 33.2 square kilometers? As with any two units, use a conversion factor. 1000m = 1 km, so (1000^2) m^2 = 1 km^2. This means 10^6 m^2 = 1 km^2, so
33.2 km^2 * (10^6 m^2 / 1 km^2) = 33,200,000 m^2.