Modeling Percents

Question

Model a desert community where 24% of the area is made up of parks.

To model this community,
of the 100 squares must have trees that represent parks.

Answer 1

To model a desert community where 24% of the area is made up of parks, you can use a grid of 100 squares. Each square can represent a certain area of the community.

To find out how many squares should represent parks, you can calculate:

\[ \text{Number of squares representing parks} = \text{Total squares} \times \text{Percentage of parks} \]

Here, the total number of squares is 100, and the percentage of parks is 24% (written as a decimal, this is 0.24).

\[ \text{Number of squares representing parks} = 100 \times 0.24 = 24 \]

So, out of the 100 squares, 24 squares must have trees to represent parks. You can fill 24 squares with trees or some other representation of parks, while the remaining 76 squares can represent other parts of the community.