A city designs a park on a rectangular piece of land. of the park will be used for different sports. of the land set aside for sports will be soccer fields.
Draw a diagram of the situation.
Write a multiplication expression to represent the fraction of the park that will be soccer fields.
What fraction of the whole park will be soccer fields? Explain or show your reasoning.
Activity 2
Elena draws this diagram to represent a different park.
Diagram. Rectangle partitioned into 5 rows of 2 of the same size, but different colored rectangles. 2 yellow rectangles, labeled basketball. 4 blue rectangles, labeled pond. 1 gray rectangle, labeled swings. 3 red rectangles, labeled grass.
The expression represents which part of the park? Explain or show your reasoning.
Pick one of the other parts of the park. Write a multiplication expression for the fraction of the park it represents.
Trade expressions with your partner. Determine which part of the park their expression represents.