Whats the true size of 1/8

What is the area indicated in the title deed / certificate of lease?

@XSK --our education needs serious fixing!

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It therefore follows that 1 acre is approx 400 ft by 100 ft
Do the math..
#10 pieces of 50 x 100 = 500 ft x 100 ft is this equal to an acre?

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Why don't we work in metres as suggested by the previous thread on this subject. Your 0.4 hectares isn't very helpful. You need to get the actual dimensions from deed plan or better just do the measurements from a map of the area or physically.

For arguments sake, assuming that it is a rational rectangle of approx 44m x 90m

You can easily get 10 plots of 18m by 18m with a 6m access road in between. Corner ones will be slightly bigger. In your world this would work out to something like 60ft by 60ft (or area of 3600 square feet) slightly less than your 50'x100'

But again... it is not desirable to have square portions.

It all depends on lay out of the original portion.

My quest is, how does an acre and quarter make 16 plots of 40x80? I have done the math till sleep caught up with me.

This confusion arises from the fact that we mix two measurement standards - the imperial (feet; acres) and the metric (metres; hectares).

Kenyan surveyors do their work in the metric standard. This is why you title deed will indicate the size in hectares (ha). The so-called eighth of an acre is actually surveyed as 15m by 30m. This makes it exactly 0.045ha.

If you convert this to feet, you will get 49ft, 2.55in by 98ft,5.1in.

Clearly, '50x100' is an approximation - actually an over approximation!

Regarding access roads, I thought the minimum width is 9m; not 6m...

Oh; and BTW, 1 acre = 43,560 square foot. Therefore, an eight should strictly be 5,445sq ft. Converting this to a regular 1x2 rectangle, you get,52.2ft by 104.4ft...

So, 50x100 is actually 445sq.ft SMALLER than an eighth of an acre!

But who cares?

Guys, let me say something on this coz this is my line/passion

If given the dimensions in feet e.g 50 by 100, always divide by 10 then mutiply by 3 to know the size in metres. e.g 50 feet =(50/100)*3 =5*3=15metres
If given the size in metres, always multiply by 10 then divide by 3 to determine the size in feet e.g 15 metres= (15*10)/3 = 150/3 = 50 feet
1)For a rectangular plot, 50 by 100 refers to 50 feet by 100 feet which is equivalent to 15 meters by 30 meters and is also equal to 450 square metres. This is what people refer to as 1/8 of an acre though slightly less due to the provision for access road. An acre will therefore give you 8 such plots with an access road. A quarter is double this size (Double the surface area).
2) The plot may not be rectangular, thus always take the surface area of the plot irrespective of the shape of the plot, for instance, an 1/8 will measure approximately 450 square metres (15m by 30m)
3) 1 Hactare=10,000 square metres and 2.5 acres make a hactare
4) 1 acre is equivalent to 0.404Ha, 1/2 acre =0.202 Ha, 1/4 acre=0.101 and an 1/8=0.05Ha. Once an acre is subdivided, the measurements reduce slightly because of the access roads for instance the 1/8=50 by 100 feet=15 by 30 metres =450/10,000 which becomes 0.045Ha
5) When buying land, visit the place, take a tape measure and determine the surface area in Square metres then divide by 10,000 to know whether what is indicated on the title deed/Certificate of lease is correct (Usually appears in Ha.)
6) If it is a Certificate of Lease as opposed to Title Deed for freehold land, check how many years are remaining on the lease before committing your money, morgage companies are very particular on this
7) Finally, you get twelve(12) 40*80 plots, thus 1 and 1/4 acres will give you 15 40*80 plots.

All the best guys, I think I have givem my two cents worth of contribution

I always thought there were 2 1/8ths th a quarter, 2 1/4rs in a Half, and 2 halfs in an acre. Thus 8 1/8ths in an acre. If I remember what my primo teacher told me.