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"Long" is a concept of length, while "square" is a concept of area. The question does not make sense.

If you are asking how "big" is a square mile, then it is an area equal to a square that is one mile on each side. It is also 640 acres.

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How long is a country block?

a square mile


What is the length and width of a square mile?

A square mile is an area measurement, not a specific shape. They could be just about anything, as long as they multiply together to make one square mile. 1 mile by 1 mile is a square mile. Two miles by half a mile is a square mile. 1 foot by 5280 miles is a square mile. This means that 8 square miles can be 2 miles by 4 miles or 1 mile by 8 miles.


How many miles in a square mile?

A mile squared is a mile long and a mile wide, forming a square, so if you walked the width or the length of a squared, you would walk a mile. A mile is a linear measurement, it measures a distance. A square mile, as with a square kilometre, is an area and measures the amount of ground something covers. You cannot change miles to square miles or vice versa.


What is the square mile?

A square mile is the area of a square with one mile along each edge. It is equal to 640 acres."The square mile" is the nickname given to the City of London (UK) as it is roughly a square mile in size; it has also been given as a nickname of the banking district of London as the major investment banks were sited there.


What is US square miles?

A square mile is an area, the simplest shape is a square with all sides 1 mile, but it can be any shape. The mile is the same in other countries such as the UK. A US mile is 1760 yards long, so a US square mile equals 3,097,600 square yards. A US mile converts to metric as 1,609.34 meters, so a US square mile equals 2,589,975 square meters, or approximately 2.6 square kilometers.Prior to the 13th century, a mile (Roman mile) was considered to be a thousand average-sized(3') double paces, or 6000 feet.

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Is a square mile the same as a cubic mile?

No. They are different. A square mile is two dimensional and a cubic mile is three dimensional. A square mile is length times width, and a cubic mile is length times width times height.


Is miles longer than square miles?

No, square miles are a measure of area, while miles are a measure of distance. A square mile is equivalent to one mile wide and one mile long, so in terms of distance, one mile is longer than one square mile.


How much is a square mile compared to a mile?

A square mile is a unit of area. If we have a square with each side one mile long, the square covers one square mile. A mile is a unit of length. Length has only one dimension while area is two dimensions.


How long is a country block?

a square mile


What is the length and width of a square mile?

A square mile is an area measurement, not a specific shape. They could be just about anything, as long as they multiply together to make one square mile. 1 mile by 1 mile is a square mile. Two miles by half a mile is a square mile. 1 foot by 5280 miles is a square mile. This means that 8 square miles can be 2 miles by 4 miles or 1 mile by 8 miles.


How many acres are in a square 1mile long by 1 mile wide?

A square mile is 3,097,600 square yards and one acre is 4840 square yards, so there are 640 acres (3,097,600/4840) in a square mile.


How long is California by square mile?

Length cannot be measured in square miles.


What fraction of a square mile is a field that is half mile long and one fourth mile wide?

1/8th


How big Is a square mile?

A square mile is equivalent to 640 acres or 2.59 square kilometers. It is a unit of area that measures one mile by one mile, totaling 4,014,489 square meters.


How many miles in a square mile?

A mile squared is a mile long and a mile wide, forming a square, so if you walked the width or the length of a squared, you would walk a mile. A mile is a linear measurement, it measures a distance. A square mile, as with a square kilometre, is an area and measures the amount of ground something covers. You cannot change miles to square miles or vice versa.


What is the permiter of a square mile?

The area doesn't tell you the perimeter.-- If the square mile is inside a circle, then the perimeter (circumference) is 3.545 miles.-- If the square mile is inside a square, then the perimeter is 4.000 miles.-- If the square mile is inside rectangle that's 2 miles long and 1/2 mile wide,then the perimeter is 5.000 miles.-- If the square mile is inside a rectangle that's 10 miles long and 0.1 mile wide,then the perimeter is 20.2 miles...etc.The area doesn't tell you the perimeter.


How many mile long is Massachusetts?

It is 8,262 square miles.