Question

Mr. jones garden has an area of 22 square meters. He wants to increase its size by 1/2. Draw a picture to show what his new garden might look like. Give the new area and dimensions and can you please show your reasoning.

Answer 1

How do we draw that's the issue i am having

Answer 2

just take the existing drawing, and increase its length or width by 1/2.
I assume you can use a ruler to do the measuring.

Answer 3

The new garden would look like this:

Area = 22 + (22/2) = 33 square meters

Dimensions = 6m x 5.5m

Reasoning:

To increase the area of the garden by 1/2, we need to add half of the original area (22/2) to the original area (22). This gives us a total area of 33 square meters.

To find the new dimensions, we need to divide the area by the width of the original garden (22/6 = 3.67). This gives us a width of 5.5 meters. To find the length, we multiply the width by the area (5.5 x 6 = 33). This gives us a length of 6 meters.