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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.


How many meters are there in a square mile?

There are no "square yards" in a mile, since a mile is a measure of distance (i.e it is a one-dimensional length), whereas a "square yard" is a measure of area (so is two dimensional, width x length). They are not comparable units; it is the same as asking "how many squares fit along this line?".


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 in half mile by quarter mile?

There are 640 acres in 1 square mile. So (1/2 mile)*(1/4 mile) = 1/8 square mile, or:(1/8 square mile)*(640 acre/square mile) = 80 acres


How many meters in a square mile?

There are 2,589,988.11 square meters in 1 square mile

Related questions

What is the square mile in South Dakota?

One Square Mile, it's the same everywhere.


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?

They cannot be compared. A mile is a measure of how long something is. A square mile is an area which is the same as the area of a square where each side is one mile.


How big Is a square mile?

A square mile is a unit of measure that is the same as a 1 mile long by 1 mile wide square. It is used to measure area.


What is the area in square miles of the largest country in the world?

The area in a square mile is 1 (ie, 1 mile x 1 mile). This is the same regardless of the size of the country.


Is one mile square a section of land?

Yes. It has an area of 1 square mile; that's the same as 640 acres. A square that measures 6 miles on a side and has 36 of these 1-mile squares in it is a "township".


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.


What is 10 percent of a square mile?

10% of a square mile = 0.10 * a square mile


Is a square a pentagon?

No. A square has four equilateral sides and a pentagon has five sides.


What is the difference between ten square miles and ten miles square?

Ten square miles is 10 1 mile by 1 mile squares, or a square area about 3.1622 miles (or 16,696.8 feet) to a side. Ten miles square is a square area 10 miles to a side, or 100 square miles in total.


How many meters are there in a square mile?

There are no "square yards" in a mile, since a mile is a measure of distance (i.e it is a one-dimensional length), whereas a "square yard" is a measure of area (so is two dimensional, width x length). They are not comparable units; it is the same as asking "how many squares fit along this line?".


What is the difference in one mile squared and one square mile?

there isn't a difference its the same thing just said differently