Question

1.are the fractions 1/5,5/5 and 5/1 equivalent?explain.s

2.The United States currently has 50 states.What fraction of the states had beome a part of the United States by 1795?

Number of states in the united states
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| 1795| 15
| 1848| 30
| 1900| 45
|1915| 48
|1960| 50

Answer 1

1. No 1/5 is 0.2 5/5 is equal to 1, and 5/1 is equal to 5
2. If there are 50 states total and by 1795 15 states had become part, then the answer is 15/50, which could be simplified to 3/10

Answer 2

No .. 1/5 is smaller that 5/5(which is equivalent to 1) then 5/1 is equivalent to 5
..and by 1795 there were 15 states so 15/50.