How many miles equal one-half inch ?

Answer 1

1760 yards = 5280 feet in a mile
5280 feet = 63360 inches
63360 inches x 2 (for half inches) = 126730
1/126730 = .0000079

Answer 2

I believe you need to clarify your question as surely you mean what fraction of a mile equals half an inch? Or you looking at a map and wishing to know how much half an inch represents?

In either case the answer to the first scenerio is
0.5 inches= 0.0000078 miles

and

for the second find out what the scale of the map is.

Answer 3

The way you presented your question makes no sense. You can't put and "miles" in "half an inch". I think what you meant to say, is, "How many half-inches are there in a mile? If that is the case, the answer would be 126,720. The formula is simple: 1 mile is 5,280 feet. Each foot is 12 inches; or, each foot equals 24 half-inches. Multiply 5,280 feet by 24 half-inches, and the answer is 126,720 half-inches.

Answer 4

There are two half inches in an inch.

There are 12 inches in a foot, so there are 24 (2x12) half inches in a foot.

There are 3 feet in a yard, so there are 72 (24x3) half inches in a yard.

There are 1760 yards in a mile. So there are 126720 (1760x72) half inches in a mile.

So most of the others are right.

Answer 5

one-half inch equals 0.000007891 miles

Answer 6

My calculator returned an error, but it is 1/126720 of a mile. I think that works out to about .00000789.

You can do it by taking your half inch, divide by 12 to turn it into feet, then divide by 5280 to turn feet into miles

Answer 7

12 inches to the foot, 5280 ft to the mile. So 1mi / 5280 ft /12 in / 2 = 7.891414 * 10^ -6 power.

Answer 8

.0000078 miles in one half inch.

Or did you want how many half inches were in a mile?

That's 126720

Answer 9

0.5 inches= 0.0000078 miles

Answer 10

Depends upon which map you are looking at. If you are looking at google then it says on the left hand corner. This will vary depend upon the zoom. level.