Question

A countertop is 16 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the area of the countertop in square meters

Answer 1

Length times width (48) 48 convert to sq meters is around 4.45935

Answer 2

This question regards area.  Area is length times x width.  The only problem is that both numbers are not in the same units.  
16 x 3 = 48 square feet
A meter is roughly 3 feet but we'll use a closer number which is 3.28 feet.
Now 3.28 x 3.28 is, 10.76 which is how many feet are in a square meter.
Now divide 48 by 10.76=4.46 square meters.
If we would have left a meter at 3 feet the answer would be
3 x 3=9
48 divided by 9 is 5.33