2006-11-11 06:10:36 · 15 answers · asked by Sandy S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
An acre is a 2D measurement, and a mile is 1D. You can't compare them.
2006-11-11 06:13:18 · answer #1 · answered by Jethro 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A mile is a unit of linear distance, an acre is a unit of area. These cannot be compared!
If you mean "how many acres in a SQUARE MILE?" then the answer is as follows.
An acre was classically defined as 160 square RODS ( a rod is 16.5 feet) 160 square rods is equivalent to 4840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.
A mile is 5280 feet or 1760 yards. Square that, and a square mile is 27,878,400 square feet, or 3,097,600 square yards.
One square mile divided by one acre, then, is given by:
3,097,600 / 4840 = 640
There are 640 acres in a square mile.
2006-11-11 06:22:01 · answer #2 · answered by bellydoc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An acre is an area unit and a mile is a linear (distance) unit.
If you meant to ask how many acres in a *square* mile (1 mile x 1 mile) the answer is 640.
2006-11-11 06:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the previous respondants have said, a mile is a single-dimensional measurement, while an acre is a two-dimensional measurement.
An acre is an area of 43,560 square feet. A square mile is 5280ft x 5280ft = 27,878,400 square feet. To find how many acres are in a square mile, divide 27,878,400 by 43,560 and you get 640 acres in a square mile.
2006-11-11 06:29:49 · answer #4 · answered by Spaghetti Cat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 640 acres in a square mile.
2006-11-11 06:15:55 · answer #5 · answered by Steve A 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This must mean in a square mile, because an acre is area and a mile is length.
mile = 5280 feet
square mile = 5280x5280 = 27878400 square feet
one acre = 43560 square feet
so one square mile has 27878400 / 43560 = 640 acres in one square mile
2006-11-11 06:17:45 · answer #6 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant relate acres to miles because acres are multiple square miles, so an acre is a square piece of land not a distance
2006-11-11 06:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by klrrbt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 acre is equal to 0.0015625 square miles (1 square mile is equal to 640 acres) .
2006-11-11 06:33:40 · answer #8 · answered by Paritosh Vasava 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acres and miles can't be in comparison at as quickly as (through fact one measures area, whilst the different measures length). yet once you propose, what proportion acres in line with sq. mile, the respond is: 640.
2016-12-10 07:08:42 · answer #9 · answered by bustamante 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
640 acres
2006-11-11 11:49:37 · answer #10 · answered by J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋