What is 10leagues in Furlongs?

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What is 10 Leagues (10leagues) in Furlongs (fur)?

What is 10leagues in fur? Convert 10 Leagues (10leagues) to Furlongs (fur) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

Enter Leagues to convert to Furlongs


Quick Reference for Converting Leagues to Furlongs

Formula
fur = leagues x 27.62
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Furlongs, multiply the number of Leagues by 27.6
Leagues (leagues) in 1 Furlong
There are 0.04 Leagues in 1 Furlong
Furlongs (fur) in 1 League
There are 27.62 Furlongs in 1 League

Unit Information

League
/liːɡ/
Symbol: leagues
Unit System: None

What is the League?

The league is a ancient unit of length that doesn't below to a unit system. Its symbol is simply - league.

It was originally an ancient Celtic unit as well as being common in Latin America and meant the distance "a person could walk in an hour". It is no longer a recognised unit in any nation.

Once it started to be quantified, in Argentina (legua) it represented 5.572 km, in England it was quantified as 3 miles and at sea a league is 3 nautical miles (3.452 miles).

Furlong
/ˈfəːlɒŋ/
Symbol: fur
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Furlong?

The furlong is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol fur.

One furlong is equal to 1/8 mile, 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or ≈ 201m.

The furlong was a term used to describe the legnth of a furrow in one acre of a ploughed open field (communal field). It now only really remains in the world of horse-racing in UK, Ireland, Canada and the US.


Conversion Tables for Leagues (leagues) to Furlongs (fur)