A foot is approx. 1/3 of a meter. Why isn’t a sq ft 1/3rd of a sq meter?

Question

A foot is 0,30m and a sq ft is 0,09m. I know some will say because 0,3 times 0,3 is 0,09 but that wouldn’t explain the break of logic as I perceive it.

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Answer 1

Let’s use yards…

A sq yard is 9 sq feet so 1sq ft is only 1/9th of the area.

(1/3)^2

I hope that makes more sense