2006-07-27 05:56:13 · 14 answers · asked by bobcat 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre.
There are always 4,840 square yards in an acre. Because of alternative definitions of a yard, the exact size of an acre also varies. Related units of length are the acre's length of one furlong (220 yards) and the acre's breadth of one chain (22 yards).
The acre is often used to express areas of land. In the metric system, the hectare is commonly used for the same purpose. An acre is approximately 0.4 hectares.
One acre is slightly less than 91 yards on an American Football field, with the full field, including the end zones, covering approximately 1.32
Equivalence to other units of area
1 international acre is equal to the following metric units:
4,046.8564224 square metres
0.4047 hectares
1 international acre is equal to the follwing customary units:
160 square rods (1 square rod is 0.00625 acres)
100 Indian cents (1 cent is equal to 0.01 acres)
10 square chains (1 square chain is equal to 0.1 acres)
4 rood (1 rood is 0.25 acres)
0.0015625 square miles (1 square mile is equal to 640 acres)
1 United States survey acre is equal to:
43,560 square feet
4840 square yards
4,046.87261 square metres
One acre equals ten square chains: ten acres equals one square furlong: an acre is a chain by a furlong: chain: 22 yards, furlong: 220 yards.
2006-07-27 06:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by iminlove 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the furlong was "One Plough's Furrow Long" and a furrow was the length a plough team was to be driven without resting, the length of the furlong and the acre vary regionally, nominally due to differing soil types. In England the acre was 4,840 square yards, but in Scotland it was 6,150 square yards and in Ireland 7,840 square yards. In all three countries, fields were divided in acres and thus the furlong became a measure commonly used in horse racing, archery, and civic planning.
2006-07-27 06:59:14 · answer #2 · answered by David T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are always 4,840 square yards in an acre. Because of alternative definitions of a yard, the exact size of an acre also varies. Related units of length are the acre's length of one furlong (220 yards) and the acre's breadth of one chain (22 yards).
2006-07-27 06:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by gooterscooby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty sure its twice as big as half an acre; then again maybe its half the size of two acres.
Sorry but so many good answers already I felt like being silly.
2006-07-29 08:47:05 · answer #4 · answered by ruth471711 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 United States survey acre is equal to:
43,560 square feet
4840 square yards
4,046.87261 square metres
One acre equals ten square chains: ten acres equals one square furlong: an acre is a chain by a furlong: chain: 22 yards, furlong: 220 yards.
2006-07-27 06:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by idez9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An acre is roughly 200 x 200 feet square or about 40,000 square feet. (It actually a little bigger but those are easy numbers to remember. It's actually 43,560 square feet or about 208 x 208 feet square.)
2006-07-27 06:02:07 · answer #6 · answered by pvreditor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* 200 parked cars
* three quarters of an American football field, which is 160 feet (48.5 m) wide and 360 feet (109.1 m) long (1.32 acres)
2006-07-27 06:02:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
43 560 sq feet
1 square acre = 208.71 feet wide & 208.71 feet long
2006-07-27 06:00:55 · answer #8 · answered by tczwilkins 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is the size of a football pitch 100x 50 yds ...not gospel tho
2006-07-27 06:01:23 · answer #9 · answered by cbx1z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of land an oxen can plow in one day.
2006-07-27 06:33:05 · answer #10 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋