Walking with a pedometer, how many steps equal a mile?
As others have said, you have to figure out how long your stride is. An easy way to do this is to stretch a tape measure out, about 15 feet. Now stand with your toes at 0, starting with your right foot, take 10 normal steps and write down how far you went. Go back to 0 and starting with your left foot, take 10 normal steps and write down how far you went. Do this 10 times (start with right foot 5 times, start with left foot 5 times.) Now add up how far you went, divide by 10 to get an average (for 10 steps) and divide by 10 again to get an average for a single step (1 stride). Now divide 5280 feet by your average stride, and that will be how many steps equal a mile for you.
Many pedometers will allow you to program your stride into them, and will figure out the distance for you. If not, its easy enough to do it for yourself. Just multiply your number of steps by your average stride.
Have fun, and keep up the walking. 
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