Multiplying Fractions

What fraction does the green shaded portion of the figure above represent?

What fraction does the blue shaded portion of the figure above represent?

1. What fraction does the blue shaded portion of the figure represent? Can you simplify this fraction?
2. What fraction does the pink shaded portion of the figure represent? Can you simplify this fraction?
3. What fraction does the purple shaded portion of the figure represent? Can you simplify this fraction? What is this fraction the product of?

Explain how the chart above shows multiplying fractions in terms of numerator, denominator, and common denominator.