MEASUREMENT: This is done to ascertain the amount, size, or degree of a particular thing with the help of an instrument or a particular standard unit. While measuring, you use a particular unit to determine the size of what you are measuring. For example, you can use a cup to determine the number of cups it would take to fill a bucket. You can also use a tape or ruler to determine/measure the length of a table.
UNIT: This is the smallest and absolute or fixed amount of quantity used as a standard for the measurement of the same kind of quantity. the example below will explain further
Using the number 259 as an example in terms of Hundred Tens and Units, it can be said that 2 represents hundreds(100); therefore, there are two(2) hundreds, then five(5) represents the tens, so there are five(5) tens which are (10×5) and finally, nine(9) units, which means that there are nine(9) of the smallest units.
LENGTH: This is simply the distance from one end of an item to another.
In the United States, there are four customary units of length, and they are the inch, feet, yard, and mile. These units for measuring length are all good. It’s just that some look more appropriate than the others while used on certain occasions. For example, it sounds nice to say that one is 6ft tall, and it wouldn’t sound so nice to say that the same person is 2yards tall. For the sake of clarity, a yard is equal to 3ft(1yd=3ft).
The statement above doesn’t mean that these units of length cannot be interchangeably converted to another because it doesn’t look nice or appropriate.
So as not to derail, let’s go back to the keywords in the discussion which are mile and yard.
MILE: As stated earlier, this is a unit of linear measurement which is equal to 1,760yards. This linear measurement unit has gained abbreviations over the years, and they are (m, M, ml, and mi). The word mile has been used in the English language to express length and distance with sentences we are familiar with, such as: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step” there are sentences like she missed the target by a mile.
The word mile gave rise to the word “milage,” which in simple terms means: the total miles covered in a given period of time. This is why cars have mileage, and it is a good thing for those who want to purchase a used car to tell the distance covered by the car to determine the life expectancy of the car they are about to purchase.
YARD: This is another unit of linear measurement that is often used in the measurement of fabrics and landed properties like football fields, that is why we have an 18yard box in football fields, and when a free-kick is to be taken, the distance to goal is measured in yards. A yard is equal to 36 inches
And as stated earlier, it is often used for the measurement of clothing materials, of which a rod or tape is used, and 36 inches is calculated afterward and ascribed to as a yard of the clothing material, so in an occasion where 10yards are needed, it would be gotten by getting 36inches 10times which would be 360inches. For the discussion, a yard is equal to 0.000568.
In order not to drift from the discussion, we must talk about why it is even though about to measure a mile in yards.
A mile can be measured in yards because they are both measures of determining length, only that yard is a smaller unit of length measurement while a mile is a bigger unit.
A mile can be used to measure length. Still, to get the length of a smaller distance, the yard is preferable, and this is because, since a mile is equal to 1760 yards when the length is 1000 yards, it is not even up to a mile, so to avoid confusion, or for a clearer understanding, it is better to use yards to measure in a situation like this since it is a smaller unit of measurement, to get the exact quantity, just like there are Dollars and Cents as units for measuring or counting the amount of United States Dollar (USD). We know that Dollar is a larger unit of measuring or counting while Cent is a smaller unit. To explain better, when you make a payment of, let’s say, 4dollars and 20cents with a 5 dollar bill, your balance should be 80cents. This does not negate the fact that a dollar is a unit of measuring or counting money in the United States, but we are not up to a dollar bill to get the accurate proportion or quantity (unit) in dollars since the balance.
This study aims to know how many yards in a mile. After the theoretical explanations, examples will help to give us further an in-depth understanding of the subject.
Since we now know that 1mile=1760yards
1mi=1760yd, it will also be good to know the value of one yard in miles and for this to happen, we need to divide 1mile by 1760yards.
Example 1: How many miles are in 1 yard
Solution:* Remember that 1mi = 1760yd
Therefore, 1/1760 = 1 yard
=0.000568
Example 2:(converting miles to yards)
How many yards are in 25 miles?
Solution:
Remember, 1mile = 1760 yards
Therefore 25miles = 25 × 1760
25miles = 44,000yards
Example 3:(converting miles to yards)
How many yards are in 10 miles?
Solution:
Remember, 1 mile = 1760 yards
Therefore 10 miles = 10× 1760
10 miles = 17600
Example 4:(converting yards to miles)
How many miles are in 8,800yards
Solution:
Remember, 1 mile = 1760 yards
Therefore, 8800 yards = 8800/1760
8800 yards = 5miles.
Example 5:(converting yards to miles)
How many miles are in 20,000yards
Solution:
Remember, 1 mile = 1760 yards
Therefore, 20,000 yards = 20,000/1760
20,000 yards = 11.36 miles
