Show an acre the word acre Is derived from the old anglo saxon word and Is identical with the he latin word ager meaning a cultivated field the english I 1 1 a acre cre consists of square yards or square feet if your field Is a rectangle that Is having four sides and each angle a right angle ancle or square corner its area I 1 Is s obtained by multiplying the length by the breadth if your measurements are in rods the result will be square rods if in yards square yards and if in feet square feet A field feet by feet of rectangular contains square feet it Is therefore half an acre put but a rectangular field might be different length and width and yet contain an acre for example if it Is feet long and CG 00 feet wide it will contain square feet or halt half an acre |