A quarter section contains how many acres?

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In land surveying, a full section covers 640 acres. A quarter section is one-fourth of a section, so 640 divided by 4 equals 160 acres. That’s why a quarter section contains 160 acres. The other numbers correspond to different fractions: 80 acres is one eighth of a section, 320 acres is half a section, and 40 acres is one sixteenth of a section.