The acre dates back to very old surveyor's units called chains, rods, and links. An acre is 10 square chains or 100 square rods, for example. Those units were the sizes of actual tools used when surveying. 640 is simply the conversion factor to take those amounts to square miles.
Today rods and chains are used about as often as cubits and hogsheads, but somehow the acre has survived - at least in the U.S., which AFAIK is the only country still using it to measure land. Everyone else uses hectares (1/100 of a square kilometer, or about 2.5 acres).
There are 640 acres in one square mile. Therefore, 0.5 square miles is equal to 0.5 x 640 = 320 acres. WRONG! See below correction. 0.5mi x 0.5mi = 0.25mi^2 = 640 x 0.25 = 160 acres
Answer: 640 acres = 1 square mile.
Miles are length and acres are area, so the two cannot be compared. On the other hand, a square mile is 640 acres, so an acre is 1/640 of a square mile, and 10 acres = 10/640 sq. mile = 1/64 sq. mile.
One square mile equates to 640 acres.
640 acres.
1 acre = 0.0015625 square mile 1 square mile = 640 acres
There are 640 acres in one square mile. Therefore, 0.5 square miles is equal to 0.5 x 640 = 320 acres. WRONG! See below correction. 0.5mi x 0.5mi = 0.25mi^2 = 640 x 0.25 = 160 acres
There are 640 acres in 1 square mile.
One square mile is 640 acres.
Answer: 640 acres = 1 square mile.
One square mile = 640 acres.
There are 640 acres in one square mile. So, just multiply the number of square miles by 640 to get acres.
One square mile is 640 acres.
One square mile is 640 acres.
1 square mile = 640 acres
One square mile is 640 acres.
640 acres.