How many square feet are in an acre?

[phatj]

I thought it was 640 but that seems small. Anyone know?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: phatj
I thought it was 640 but that seems small. Anyone know?

Google does still work

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: phatj
I thought it was 640 but that seems small. Anyone know?

uh, 640 sqare feet is a 20'x32' rectangle... about the size of your living room. (Ok, it'd be a pretty big living room, but still...)

 

[308nato]

43,560

at your calculations my brother and I could fit our 312 acres in my basement.

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: 308nato
43,560

at your calculations my brother and I could fit our 312 acres in my basement.

By your calculations, your basement is about 29x larger than my house....that's amazing.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: 308nato
43,560

at your calculations my brother and I could fit our 312 acres in my basement.

you have a 200,000 sq. ft. basement?

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: 308nato
43,560

at your calculations my brother and I could fit our 312 acres in my basement.

I don't understand your fuzzy math.

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: Shiva112

Originally posted by: 308nato
43,560

at your calculations my brother and I could fit our 312 acres in my basement.

I don't understand your fuzzy math.

He worked for Arthur Andersen

 

[phatj]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: phatj
I thought it was 640 but that seems small. Anyone know?

Google does still work

Why use google when I could post on ATOT and get the answer to my question PLUS semi-humorous banter?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Stupid questions make Josh go crazy.

 

[phatj]

Originally posted by: 308nato
43,560

I knew there was a 6, 4, and 0 in it

 

[SCSIfreek]

43560 sq ft = 1 AC

I had to remember it in my field of work.

--Scsi

 

[dullard]

I always remember it (for a rough estimate not perfectly correct) as the playable size of an American football field. Since many people know the dimensions of a football field, the size of an acre is easy to picture. Note: don't include the endzones. Thus 300 ft * 160 ft = 48000 ft^2 ~ 1 acre. Of course if you need the exact number you need to look it up or memorize it.

 

[SandLizard]

another easy way to remember is that there are 640 acres in one square mile....(probably where you got the number 640 from)

160 every square quarter mile....etc.

the 'back 40 acres' came from 1/4 of a 160 acre plot.

hey, i'm from nebraska, and grew up a farmer, what more do you want?

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: SandLizard
hey, i'm from nebraska, and grew up a farmer, what more do you want?

Which part? I'm from Columbus and live in Lincoln now. Sorry about hijacking the thread.

 

[SandLizard]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: SandLizard
hey, i'm from nebraska, and grew up a farmer, what more do you want?

Which part? I'm from Columbus and live in Lincoln now. Sorry about hijacking the thread.

hartington (small, 1600ppl), moving to omaha beginning of august (grad school).

you know, speaking of acres, i once disked 140 in one day. that was a long day. (about 14 hours straight in a tractor)...


heh, tractors are cool.