"how big is an acre ? what are the measurements?"

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"An acre is 43,560 square feet"
 by 63swc on Jan 29 2008 (24 months ago)
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An acre is 43,560 square feet. The measurements can vary. It could be a strip 1 foot wide and 8.25 miles long or a square measuring 208.7 feet on each side or any other combination that has area of 43,560 sq. ft. It is slightly smaller than a football field.

 

The area of one acre (red) overlaid on an American football field

 

The area outlined in red is an acre.

 

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"4,840 Sq Yards or 43,560 Sq Feet -- so about 208 Feet 8.5 Inches by 208 Feet 8.5 Inches"
 by knowware on Jan 29 2008 (24 months ago)
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The square root of 43,560 is 208.71032557111303, so I'd call one side 208 Feet 8.5 Inches.

 

Wikipedia has a fun image, although it doesn't answer the question:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre

 
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"An acre, which is a common measurement of land area, is equal to 43,560 square feet."
 by ronin on Jan 29 2008 (24 months ago)
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an acre is equal to about 76% of a football field, when you consider both end zones.

A football field (including the two end zones) is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide for a total of 57,600 square feet. When you take away the two 30-foot-long end zones at each end, the field is 48,000 square feet, making an acre about 91% of the field.
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"It is 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square fee"
 by Paradise.t on Jan 29 2008 (24 months ago)
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There is actually a difference between "international acre" and "US survey acre" if you want to translate it into  "square meters", since there is a slight difference between the definition of a US yard  and an international yard! Here is the exact numbers:

1 international acre is equal to 4046.8564224 square meters

1 United States survey acre is equal to 4046.87261 square meters

You can get more information from the following link!
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre

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"An acre mesurement is determined by a"
 by ragrug_lady on Jan 29 2008 (24 months ago)
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linear measurement of a 'chain' Way back in time, a man named 'Gunter' or 'Gunther' came up with this theory. One chain is equal to 66 linear feet. He also said that ten square chains is equal to one acre of land. So therefore, 66 X 66 X 10 is equal to 43,560 square feet - - and that is one acre of land. Gunter also said that there are four linear rods in one chain. And many alleys are one rod in width. A rod being 16.5 feet.
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