+8262 The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided the Northwest Territory into squares called townships. Every township was divided into 36 square sections, 1 mile on each side. How many square miles were in each township? How many acres?
HINT:1 mi^2=640 acres
+3454 So each township was broken down into 36 square sections, and each square section was one mile by one mile.
This means that one township was 36 miles by 36 miles, or 1,296 sq miles.
Since there are 640 acres in a sq miles, there are 829,440 acres in each township. (1296*640)
