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how many steps(two footed count) are there approxmately in 1 mile?
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Obviously depends on the length of your stride....
However, there are 1760 yards in a mile - but a yard is quite a long stride (it's only a bit less than a metre).
There are also 5280 feet in a mile - but that is quite a short step (about 30cm)
Your figure will lie somewhere inbetween these figures - say your average step / stride was 2 ft (foot), then a mile would be 2640 steps.
However, there are 1760 yards in a mile - but a yard is quite a long stride (it's only a bit less than a metre).
There are also 5280 feet in a mile - but that is quite a short step (about 30cm)
Your figure will lie somewhere inbetween these figures - say your average step / stride was 2 ft (foot), then a mile would be 2640 steps.
Based on this link I'd say about 5628?
On a normal railway track there are 2,012 sleepers to the mile (about 1250 per kilometre), making them 31.5 inches (80cm) apart. (No, bonsaimaster, I'm not bored, it's just something I know!).
This interval was set in the early days of railways when the �platelayer� or �lengthman� (the person who maintained the track) would walk his patch every day looking for defects. It was seen as a comfortable pace length enabling him to walk the track by stepping on the sleepers.
Unfortunately I am old enough to remember seeing platelayers walking along railway lines and the spacing of the sleepers did seem to enable them to walk comfortably.
This interval was set in the early days of railways when the �platelayer� or �lengthman� (the person who maintained the track) would walk his patch every day looking for defects. It was seen as a comfortable pace length enabling him to walk the track by stepping on the sleepers.
Unfortunately I am old enough to remember seeing platelayers walking along railway lines and the spacing of the sleepers did seem to enable them to walk comfortably.
The word 'mile' comes from the Latin word 'mille' meaning 'thousand', The Romans used the measure of 1000 double steps to measure that distance, which was equal to 1,618 yards. The Roman Mile was used in England up to the time of Elizabeth 1. The problem was that it couldn't be divided by the English units of measure, (rods, furlongs, etc.), without leaving fractions. So the English Mile was established at 1,760 yards by royal statute - thus, the Statute Mile.
The British Army uses a pace (single step) of 30". That would produce 2,112 paces in a mile. However, most people don't stride out like that, so the count is going to be higher - by how much will depend entirely upon the individual, and if they're in a hurry or not!
(Very curious fact...the perimeter of the Great Pyramid is 1,760 Royal Cubits, the same as the number of yards in a mile. Coincidence, or what?)
The British Army uses a pace (single step) of 30". That would produce 2,112 paces in a mile. However, most people don't stride out like that, so the count is going to be higher - by how much will depend entirely upon the individual, and if they're in a hurry or not!
(Very curious fact...the perimeter of the Great Pyramid is 1,760 Royal Cubits, the same as the number of yards in a mile. Coincidence, or what?)
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