No - there are 640 acres in one square mile - an acre is a unit of area, not of length.
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1 square mile = 640 acres ⇒ 40 acres = 40 ÷ 640 sq miles = 1/16 sq mile = 0.0625 sq mile
There are 40 acres in 1/16th of a square mile 1 square mile = 640 acres
Think of it this way. If you walk around 40 acres you would walk about a mile.
One mile (5,280 feet).
If it is exactly 40 acres square it will take one mile of fencing or 5,280 feet. However most tracts of land are 40 acres more or less meaning they are approximately 40 acres. 40 acres is one quarter mile long on each side more or less.
in layman terms it could be a 1/4 mile deep by 3/4 mile long because 40 acres is 1/4 mile by 1/4 mile.
Exactly 40 miles. Changing from lower case to upper case does not alter the distance!
A quarter mile squared is 1/16 of a square mile = 40 acres.
A 1/4 mile square is 40 acres. 9.5 acers would be 0.0148 sq mi.
A square parcel of land with an area of 40 acres will measure 1,320 feet (1/4 mile) on each side.
The perimeter is exactly one mile (5,280 feet).
One section is equal to one square mile. In one square mile, there are 640 acres, therefore in one quarter of a section of land, there are 160 acres.