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How Many Square Feet Is a 12x12 Room?

Total area

144 sq ft

Twelve feet by twelve feet.

length x widthextralength, ftwidtharea x how many, plus anything odd shaped, in feet, yards and meters
Every material calculator on the site starts here, which is why this one also gives square yards and square meters. Odd shapes get broken into rectangles and added on, because a rectangle is the only shape a tape measure is honest about.

How that number is worked out

These are the figures this page was built with and every line the calculator produces from them. Change anything above and all of it moves.

  • Length12 ft
  • Width12 ft
  • How many rooms or areas this size1
  • Extra area to add0 sq ft

Total area144 sq ft

One area144 sq ft
Times 1, plus extra144 sq ft
Square yards16
Square meters13.38
Perimeter of one area48 ft

What else matters here

A hundred and forty four square feet, and exactly sixteen square yards.

A 12 foot carpet roll covers it in one piece, 12 running feet off the roll.

What this calculator assumes

  • Length times width, times how many areas are that size. For an L shaped room, split it into two rectangles and run this twice.
  • Square yards are square feet divided by nine, which is how carpet is still quoted in much of the country.

Questions people ask

How many square feet is a 12x12 room?

144 square feet, which is exactly 16 square yards and 13.38 square meters.

How many 12x12 tiles for a 12x12 room?

144 before waste, because a twelve inch tile covers one square foot.

Different numbers?

The square footage calculator takes any dimensions you like and hands back the same list.

Other common sizes

15 more sizes are answered on the square footage calculator page