How to Calculate Acres & Distances In A Section of Land | Real Estate Exam Prep Video

The real estate licensing exam may ask you to to calculate the number of acres of land in a real estate legal description located in a section of land. The real estate license exam may also ask you to find the location of a specific real estate legal description within a setion of land AND make you determine the length or distance of one of it's boundry lines. I'll show you how to do both in this video. Key real estate terms discussed in this real estate exam prep video are:
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great video! but during the end at around 10 minutes why did you divide by 4? im sorta confused 😭

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Hi Paul, I don’t understand why you divided the 5,280 by 4 for the last question? Would you mind explaining I must have missed it.

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I agree, he should have then divided it by 1/2 to get 660.

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@@AlexiaGallucci I have the same question, why didn’t he divide it again by 1/2 and come up with 660 as the answer? Did you figure that out?

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The one with the northern half? He divided that quarter horizontally so didn't take anything away from the width of the quarter if you will, thus the northern border is still a quarter of the whole 5280 feet

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I just asked my broker friend about the second equation on finding the feet in the northern boundary, you were wrong sir. it is 660 linear feet.

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Please add that the west or east boundaries of question #2 would be half of 1320 feet or 660 feet

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Great video as per usual Paul. You have a gift for explaining concepts and breaking them down into easily digestible pieces. I have a question: My Dearborn textbook has a math shortcut that is actually a bit quicker for determining the number of acres. Simply multiply all the denominators together, then divide that number into 640 for the total number of acres. I can usually compute the answer in my head using that method, Hope that helps. Cheers!

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Why did you divide the last linear by 4 instead of 8 the SE 1/4 was spilt in 2 so why doesn’t the linear mile get divided by 8

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I was wondering that too, can you please explain

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Anyone figure this out yet? Seems like the answer should be divided by 2?

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I thought the answer was 2 also. I listened again. Its asking for the whole boundary not 1/2. Trick Question.

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I have one of those types of instructors too.

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How about if the question is What is the proper description of this shaded area of a section using the rectangular survey system? Would this be under the same formula?

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how to calculate square footage?

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Question on Arizona real estate exam is: How many acres are in the following mega description? E1/2, SW4 and the N1/2, NE4, SE4 and the S1/2, NW4 Sec 22

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compass rose

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I just took the exam in Arizona and that type of question is on the exam.

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Do you always use 1/4 when dividing in feet when comes to northern boundary? Why did you use 1/2 for second question of the north boundary?

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Thank you Gary for asking a question. 1/4 and 1/2 came from a sample math question. The exam will always use 1/4 or 1/2

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Finding the acres you can divide 640 by (multiplying all of the denominators)

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Correct... there are many methods of calculating it it's really just about what your most comfortable with

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Hi Paul, I just got my California license on the first attempt. I learned a lot from your channel and I appreciate your work. a few notes about my exam. I did not have ONE question involving math. None. No 1/4 of the 1/2 of the 1/2 of the 1/4, no proration calculations, no NOI or ROI or commission calculations. I didn't touch the calculator. This made me wonder...are questions selected randomly from a pool? If this is the case and given a large enough sample there would be the occasional test without any math, right?

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I am terrible at math and haven’t been in school for 6 years but you explained this so well and made it easy for me to understand, thank you thank you thank you!

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Does the 1×1 Mile 5280ft apply for every single property or just this example property ?

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Hi pal if someone has 10 acres farmland and he like to sell 2 acres. How will agent mark the 2 acres land which he is going to list? Should he measure by self and list the property or he should contact local county office and ask to survivor mark the land? Thanks

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There are several ways you could do this. One would be to have a surveyor mark the boundries prior to any contract being drawn. In my experience, we simple drew up a purchase contract and include an Exhibt A to the contract which was a map of the tract of land and we literally drew the estimated boundries with a marker. Then the surveyor went out and did their thing based on that. :o)

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Hi Pal if AGENT found property measurements description wrong then what Agent can do ?

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Correct them or at least make sure your measurement are accurate if you are listing the property for sale. So many listing agents simply cut and paste measurements from the county records or from previous MLS listings input sheets. If you do, make sure you're verifying that the information on those platforms are accurate before using them for your listing content

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I have a hard time with the national portion of the test. Never got a question on these but got like 3 PMI questions that I knew nothing about lol

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Remember... the testing services can have 2 or 3 dozen different test and a bank of test questions 3k or 4k strong :o)

[@1adybugz]

Please check this. The second one needs to be divided again by 2, doesn’t it? 1,320 divided by 2 = 660 linear ft.

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I just said the same thing. I said I know people in the comments are saying the same!

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@@keonwaller7690 thanks for your response. 😊

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So do we divide it by 4 again?

[@alliesASMR]

okay, so i paused it and worked it out myself to see if i got it right, and i got 660 ft. im confused as to how it's a smaller portion of land but the same answer as the equation before that one... am i wrong?

[@alliesASMR]

i asked a friend that's a broker, she said it is supposed to be 660 linear feet. you divide by 2 again because it's specified to half of that particular parcel (northern boundry). not the whole quarter.

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The last problem N 1/2, you divided with horizontal lines. How would I know if it’s horizontal or vertical? Would vertical be W1/2 or E 1/2?

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It doesn't matter if its horizontal or verticle... The process would be the same.

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Wouldn’t it be shorter if it was vertical?

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hi in the last question why did you divide the 5280 by 4 and not by 2 the (1/2)? I re-watched this serval times and I don't understand. Wouldn't you divide 1320 by 2?

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im in the same boat with this one please explain

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@@SumRightNut same here

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Same here

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Same… he explains it very well, which I’m crediting him for being a great teacher and we caught this -:)

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Do we have this Calculations in California ?

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I thought you had to add the numbers at the end to be able to choose the answer:)

[@TheRealEstateClassroom]

Only if they were asking you to add the totals of more than one calculation.

[@kathleengarcia9357]

hello, I really hope you can answer my question in your math problems of the SE1/4 of SW1/4 =1320 N1/2 of SE1/4 of NE 1/4 =1320 why do they both equal the same equation? why not divide N 1/2 Also? Can You Please Explain I'm really confused?

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i wondered the same too. we are fudged

[@TheRealEstateClassroom]

If you were trying to find the number of acres you would divide by 2. BUT we are trying to find the distance (not acres) we cant use the same method for both.

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Why are you not just multiplying each denominator and then divide by 640

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Calculating ft is confusing. 😮‍💨

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A lot of people get condused with this so don't feel too bad

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Maybe I am missing it completely but where does the 640 come from?

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1 acre= 640

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You mean a section = 640 acres ...1 mile× 1 mile​@YourTravelPlannerEveryday

[@indiyawalker4206]

SUUUPER confused on your calculations as far as the township goes/// Each 36-square-mile township contains a section which is 1 sq mile which is the 640 acres how did you use the 5,280ft. we know 1 mile= 5280, however 1 sq mile is = to 27,878,400ft

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the last questions answer is wrong. please dont confuse me more! the answer should be 660 right????????

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No, 660 would be either the west or east boundaries. I just asked him to add this bc I was confused at first too

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Thank you!

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