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How Many Square Meters in an acre

  • 13-05-2016 11:19pm
    #1
    Lazybones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭


    Hello good folks of the Farming & Forestry forum,

    Looking for your help please.

    How many square meters are there in an acre?

    I'm getting confused between "irish acres" and acres

    Google tells me 4046.86 square meters in an acre.......... but then I see this measurement called an "irish acre" and it is 6555 square meters.

    Which is the standard acre measurement used now in Ireland and how many square meters are in it?

    Many thanks in advance for the help.


Comments

  • #2
    schaffer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭schaffer


    Irish acre is not used any more, only the metric one.


  • #3
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,808 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    I always divided by 2.54.
    Where did 2.47 come from?


  • #4
    alps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,194 ✭✭✭alps


    Lazybones wrote: »
    Hello good folks of the Farming & Forestry forum,

    Looking for your help please.

    How many square meters are there in an acre?

    I'm getting confused between "irish acres" and acres

    Google tells me 4046.86 square meters in an acre.......... but then I see this measurement called an "irish acre" and it is 6555 square meters.

    Which is the standard acre measurement used now in Ireland and how many square meters are in it?

    Many thanks in advance for the help.

    4046 is the correct one....

    The Irish acre comes about because every time you rent a bit of land or buy a bit of silage the acres sold to you is always bigger than the actual acres you get....


  • #5
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Water John wrote: »
    I always divided by 2.54.
    Where did 2.47 come from?

    2.47 acres in a hectare, where are you getting 2.54?


  • #6
    alps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,194 ✭✭✭alps


    Water John wrote: »
    I always divided by 2.54.
    Where did 2.47 come from?

    4.54 litres in a gallon John..

    2.47 is the wan...


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  • #7
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭galljga1


    2.54 centimetres in one inch.


  • #8
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,095 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Americans have taken to dividing inches into tenths. Which is just WRONG.


  • #9
    galljga1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭galljga1


    looksee wrote: »
    Americans have taken to dividing inches into tenths. Which is just WRONG.

    And don't start me on spell checking!


  • #10
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    galljga1 wrote: »
    And don't start me on spell checking!

    Or Gallons....


  • #11
    tancoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭tancoman


    1 Acre = .404686 Ha
    1 Acre = 4046.86 Sq. Mts.
    1 Acre = 4840 Sq. Yds.

    1 Irish Acre = 6555 Sq. Mts.
    1 Irish Acre = 7840 Sq. Yds.
    1 Irish Acre = 1.6198 Statute (English) Acre

    1 Irish Mile = 2048 Mts.
    1 Irish Mile = 2240 Yds.
    1 Irish Mile = 1.27 Statute (English) Mile


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