Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 1: Calculate acreage
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

If you need to calculate the area in acres, then you need to multiply the length and width of the plot. Acre is an English unit of measurement, so length and width should be in feet. The resulting value must then be divided by the acre (43560 square feet). This article will explain the process for you in a little more detail.

Steps

Method 1 of 1: Calculate acreage

1. 1 Measure the length and width of the lot or find out these values ​​from the inventory data.
2. 2 Multiply the length in feet by the width in feet. This will give you the square footage of the lot.
3. 3 Divide this value by 43560. This will give you acreage. For example, you have a parcel of 1000 x 1200 feet. The area in feet is 1,200,000, divide by 43,560 to get 27,548 acres.

Tips

• Don't overcomplicate. Add up everything that makes up the length, do the same with the width, then multiply these values ​​and divide by 43560.
• Land is often sold in, so to speak, "conventional units" equal to or multiples of an acre (208.7 feet on the side). In other words, a parcel with a width and a length of 208.7 is a parcel of an acre long and wide. Likewise, if the width is 208.7 and the length is 2087 feet, then it is 1x10 acres.
• The area of ​​irregularly shaped plots can be found using geometry. Well, or, alternatively, divide the area of ​​the site into several smaller sections.
• Remember that if the corners of your site are not 90 degrees, then you are unlikely to find its exact area, no matter how you twist. The discrepancy will be small - but it will be.

Warnings

• Land is often sold in acres, so in fact the buyer can buy a little less than what was advertised.

What do you need

• Calculator
• Measuring tape - long!
• Pen and paper