Question

A school wants to make A new playground by cleaning up and abandoned lot that is shaped like a rectangle they give the job planning the playground to a group of students the students decide to use one fourth of the playground for a basketball court and 3/8 of a playground for a Soccerfield how much is left for the swings and playground equipment ?

Answer 1

Given :

Part of the ground used by the students for basket ball court = $\frac{1}{4}$

Part of the ground used by the students for soccer field   = $\frac{3}{8}$

To Find :

Part of the ground left for swing and playground equipment =?

Solution :

Since the total area of the playground will be = length of playground $\times$breadth of play ground

Let the total area be A.

Now the area used = area used for basket ball court + area used for soccer field

                                 =$\frac{1}{4} A + \frac{3}{8} A$

                                 =$\frac{5}{8}A$

And the area left for swings and equipments = $A -\frac{5}{8} A = \frac{3}{8}A$

So, the part of total area left for swings and equipments is $\frac{3}{8}$ of the total area .