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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Ten square miles refers to an area that is 10 miles by 10 miles, totaling 100 square miles. On the other hand, ten miles square refers to a square area with each side measuring 10 miles, so the total area covered is 100 square miles as well. Both terms refer to the same area size, but just describe it in a different way.

Answer 3

Yes. A mile is a measure of distance and a square mile is a measure of area.

Answer 4

Miles measures distance. Square miles measures area. Therefore, you can not compare the two.

Answer 5

One square mile and one mile square are the same, but 10 square miles can be a square about 3.16 miles on a side and 10 miles square is exactly 100 square miles.

Answer 6

a linear mile is a unit of distance 5280 feet long and a square mile is a square area with each side 5280 feet long

Answer 7

A mile is a unit of distance. A square mile is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square 1 mile wide by 1 mile long.

Answer 8

There isn't actually a difference. The word metre is French for mile.