How many feet are in a mile?
When i do a duckduckgo search it comes up 5,280 feet in one mile, and i go, HUH?
Because i remember a mile as being 5,276 feet. But in doing another duckduckgo search i find people who say they were taught that a mile is 5,286 feet. I don't remember that number.
So, for my curiositys sake, how many feet do you say are in a mile?
Thank you.
5280
ReplyDelete5280 and 1760 yards in a mile. A quarter mile is 440 yards is an easy way to remember if you are a fan of track.
ReplyDelete5280 feet, 1760 yards. I was a surveyor in the Army drawing maps way before GPS. No matter how you cut it, it is 5,280 feet
ReplyDelete5280 feet for a standard mile. I believe a nautical mile is 2000 yards or 6000 feet.
ReplyDeleteMy 1950 high school days a mile was 5,280 feet. The 21st century "everybody deserves" answer depends on how big your feet are.
ReplyDelete5,286 is what I was taught.
ReplyDelete5280 feet, 320 rods, 80 chains. --ken
ReplyDeleteWell, the vast majority say 5280 so that is the winner. For the life of me i don't know where i came up with5276.
ReplyDeleteProlly that 5276 project the New Yuck Times is planning
DeleteA quarter mile is 440 yards. Remember in track running the 440?
ReplyDelete440 yards is 1,320 feet. Four times1,320 5,280.
In the FWIW department, I ran the 1,320 in ninth grade. That is
1,320 yards. Three quarters of a mile. I ran the mile in high school. That is twenty five thousand feet,, ohh,no,, that is what it feels like.
It's really 5,280 feet.