2007-06-20 16:04:41 · 8 answers · asked by ? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The word "mile" comes from the roman "mille", which was a thousand paces, a standard distance of measure for marching roman armies. But a pace is a double step, or the distance from where, say, your right strikes the ground to the next time it strikes it. So, that's 2,000 steps. However, we're bigger than even the early roman soldiers, so today it's somewhat less than 2,000 steps.
2007-06-20 16:23:14 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the size of the step - a tall man will take a longer step than a small child.
But the 'average' adult male step is about 3 feet (1 yard). Since there are 5280 feet in a mile, then that would be 5280 / 3 or 1760 steps (or yards).
2007-06-20 16:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
2000
2007-06-20 16:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by cool beans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
assuming
(average) 1 human step = 1 ft
1 mile = 5280 ft
= 5280 * (1 ft)
= 5280 * (1 step)
= 5280 steps
2007-06-21 10:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by buoisang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1800
2007-06-20 16:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by Edgar R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how far u take ur steps
2007-06-20 16:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it depends totally on the human
2007-06-20 16:08:33 · answer #7 · answered by jombojolly 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
great question
2007-06-20 16:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by tol twinkie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋