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How many square yards in an acre?

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Alan

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May 10, 2001, 6:01:22 PM5/10/01
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How many square yards in an acre?


Nick Maclaren

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May 10, 2001, 6:31:40 PM5/10/01
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In article <9df30p$i7$1...@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>,

Alan <lu...@ahurley.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>How many square yards in an acre?

4840. Surely you learnt that in school? :-)


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Big Al

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May 11, 2001, 12:52:19 AM5/11/01
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Football pitch size.

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Michael Berridge

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May 11, 2001, 4:55:00 PM5/11/01
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Nick Maclaren wrote in message <9df4sc$dgu$1...@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>...

>In article <9df30p$i7$1...@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>Alan <lu...@ahurley.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>How many square yards in an acre?
>
>4840. Surely you learnt that in school? :-)
>
>
>Regards,
>Nick Maclaren,
Commonly said to be the amount of land that could be ploughed by an ox
team in a day, it works out as 22 yds x 220 yds, ie 1 chain x10 chains.

As described on the BBC programme about the landscape, this evening at
19:30.

Mike


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