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The acre equals 4046.86 square metres — originally the area a team of oxen could plough in a day. It is the standard rural land unit in the US, UK and Canada. Suburban American lots are typically a quarter to half an acre. 640 acres equal one square mile.
Real-world: A US suburban lot is 0.25–0.5 acre. A standard UK rural property might be 5 acres. A football pitch is about 1.8 acres.
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