2007-03-08 11:24:29 · 4 answers · asked by blahblahblah 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
An acre equals 4047 square metres.
2007-03-08 11:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by Lilly26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about two different systems of measurement: "acres" are part of the British - designed (and now obsolete in Australia) system called "Imperial" and "hectares" are from the French - designed "Metric" system.
Imperial measurements were derived from things mostly to do with farming; whereas the Metric system is based on the much more scientific and easy to use decimal concept, as in 10mm = 1cm; 100cm = 1 metre; 10 000 square metres = 1 hectare; 1 Litre of water weighs 1 Kilogram etc. etc.
There are lots of conversion programmes available on the Web - that's where the two answers above were found. There are also lots of calculators around which have conversion facilities if you need something more portable.
hope this helps!
Love and Light,
Jarrah
2007-03-08 20:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by jarrah_fortytwo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are 4,046.8564 sq m in an acre
i have a conversion thing that says its called a hectare and there are 10,000 sq m in a hectare
2007-03-08 19:36:17 · answer #3 · answered by Toffa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look it up on google
2007-03-08 23:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by czechoslovakian67 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋