One third of a rectangular playground is designed for young children. In that part of the playground, a play structure covers $\frac { 2 } { 5 }$ of the children’s space.  

1. Use a drawing to represent the portion of the playground that is the play structure.

   Answer (a):

   Your diagram should look something like this, with the red portion representing the play structure.

   

2. Represent the problem with multiplication.

   Hint (b):

   What fractions are discussed in the problem? How can you relate them?

3. What fraction of the total playground is the play structure? Show all of your work.

   Hint (c):

   How many boxes are there in the whole diagram? How many boxes in the diagram represent the play structure?