Originally Posted By: paul

4^2 = ? = four square
4^2 ft = ? = four square feet
4 ft^2 = ? = four foot squared
4^2 ft^2 = four square foot squared
(4ft)^2 = ? = four foot squared


Actually that's not far off. Except you randomly mixed up "square" and "squared" making it undecipherable.

4^2 = four squared
4^2 ft = four squared feet [not four square feet]
4 ft^2 = four foot squared [OK]
4^2 ft^2 = four squared foot squared
(4ft)^2 = four squared foot squared